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Massive Cyber Attack at Banner Health Affects 3.7M Individuals

Posted on August 3, 2016 by Dissent

Rajiv Leventhal reports: Phoenix-based Banner Health, one of the largest healthcare systems in the U.S., announced on August 3 that it is notifying approximately 3.7 million individuals about a breach in which cyber attackers gained unauthorized access to computer systems that process payment card data at food and beverage outlets at certain Banner locations. The…

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DHS Announces Cyber Incident Reporting Information: US-CERT

Posted on July 30, 2016 by Dissent

The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has released guidelines and points of contact for reporting cyber incidents to the Federal Government. This communication follows the recent release of Presidential Policy Directive 41 (PPD-41)—United States Cyber Incident Coordination—which outlines how the Federal Government will handle cyber incidents. Users and administrators are encouraged to review these documents…

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HHS seeks threat information sharing system for health sector

Posted on July 30, 2016 by Dissent

Amanda Ziadeh reports: The Department of Health and Human Services is looking to strengthen the privacy and security of health care information by sharing cyber threat data with partner agencies and stakeholders. HHS’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology and the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response released funding opportunities for an…

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Prosthetic & Orthotic Care confirms hack by TheDarkOverlord

Posted on July 29, 2016 by Dissent

Another one of TheDarkOverlord’s targets has issued a statement about the hack and theft of their patient information. DataBreaches.net had identified this entity and first reported on the hack on July 9. Somewhat disturbingly, and as we have seen in other cases with the same parameters, Prosthetic & Orthotic Care (P&O Care) does not appear to…

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FTC reverses ALJ in LabMD case, finds for itself

Posted on July 29, 2016 by Dissent

From the no-surprise dept., this press release on an opinion by the FTC finding totally in their own favor: Commission Finds LabMD Liable for Unfair Data Security Practices Stating Company Failed to Protect Consumers’ Sensitive Medical and Personal Information The Federal Trade Commission today announced the issuance of an Opinion and Final Order reversing an…

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NAIC Cybersecurity Task Force Weighs Credit Freezes

Posted on July 28, 2016 by Dissent

As a resource for my site visitors, I thought I’d mention an article by Josephine Cicchetti and Laura Wall on the relative merits of a credit freeze as opposed to credit monitoring if you are notified that your data has been caught up in a data breach. For a number of years now, both Brian Krebs…

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