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Third US Health Entity Suspected of being Compromised

Posted on March 23, 2015 by Dissent

Uh oh. SLC Security reports: While we can’t name any particular names at this time we have started seeing indicators of another related attack originating out of China aimed at US Healthcare entities. This time another well known affiliate of a previously breached healthcare entity appears to be attacking other Healthcare entities in California and…

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California Health Care Facility Breach Statute Updated: Changes Effective Now

Posted on March 21, 2015 by Dissent

Paula Stannard reminds us: As a result of recent breaches – including breaches of health information and information held by health insurers – a great deal of attention has recently been focused on state data breach notification requirements. Most States have general data breach notification requirements that apply to all data breaches, including those involving…

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FBI looking into Chinese military involvement in cyber hack of U.S. company

Posted on March 20, 2015 by Dissent

Elizabeth Shim reports: The FBI is probing into possible Chinese military involvement in a data breach of Register.com, a network that manages more than 1.4 million website addresses. The Financial Times reported the cyber attack on the U.S. company included theft of employee passwords and unauthorized access to Register’s network during a yearlong breach that did not…

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Wyndham: A Case Study in Cybersecurity: How the cost of a relatively small breach can rival that of a major hack attack

Posted on March 19, 2015 by Dissent

Timothy Cornell of Clifford Chance US LLP has an interesting write-up on the Wyndham case that really details the time and labor costs of responding to a government investigation following a data breach. Here’s an example: On April 8, 2010, the FTC began to investigate Wyndham Worldwide and three of its subsidiaries (collectively “Wyndham”), sending Wyndham…

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Judge OKs $10 million settlement in Target data breach

Posted on March 19, 2015 by Dissent

Steve Karnowski and Michelle Chapman of AP report: A Minnesota judge has endorsed a settlement in which Target Corp. will pay $10 million to settle a class-action lawsuit over a massive data breach in 2013. U.S. District Judge Paul Magnuson said at a hearing Thursday in St. Paul, Minnesota, that he would grant preliminary approval…

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Feds warned Premera about security flaws before breach

Posted on March 18, 2015 by Dissent

Mike Baker reports: Three weeks before hackers infiltrated Premera Blue Cross, federal auditors warned the company that its network-security procedures were inadequate. Officials gave 10 recommendations for Premera to fix problems, saying some of the vulnerabilities could be exploited by hackers and expose sensitive information. Premera received the audit findings April 18 last year, according…

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