Sam Levin reports: In February, the Berkeley Health Center, a clinic that provided medical services to low-income patients, closed down in the wake of serious financial troubles, including allegations that it had mismanaged public funds. A federal judge forced the clinic out of its site at 2908 Ellsworth Street in South Berkeley after the nonprofit healthcare…
Category: Of Note
Is Anthem screwing dependents of former members on breach notification? (update 2: No)
Update 2 (March 12). Because Anthem gave me the run-around instead of a straightforward answer, I asked a mainstream reporter from a large news outlet to pose the question to them. He managed to get an answer: Anthem is notifying all impacted members. The letters are being mailed as we speak. Because of the volume…
The Dutch Duty to Report Data Leaks
Jacomijn Christ and Hans Urlus of Greenberg Traurig, LLP write: On Feb. 1, 2015, the Dutch House of Representatives voted in favor of a legislative bill introducing a duty to report data leaks.1 The bill, titled Duty to Report Data Leaks and the Expansion of the Administrative Penalty Competence of Dutch Data Protection Authority (Dutch DPA), will…
Changes Coming to Credit Agencies Won’t Stop Hackers
Jordan Robertson of Bloomberg reports: The three big U.S. credit-reporting agencies have agreed to be more helpful. Errors in your credit history will now be easier to correct and delinquent medical bills will take longer to hurt your credit score. An agreement announced Monday between New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion will limit the…
IRS’s Top Ten Identity Theft Prosecutions
Continuing its enforcement push against refund fraud and identity theft, the Internal Revenue Service announced the Top Ten Identity Theft Prosecutions for Fiscal Year 2014 (FY14). The ongoing efforts to bring identity thieves to justice remains a significant priority as part of the IRS’s comprehensive identity theft strategy focusing on preventing, detecting and resolving identity…
MX: Vivanuncios user data stolen by hacker (nah – scraped by competitor)
Update/Clarification: eBay reached out to DataBreaches.net to ask that we make clear that the breach did not occur after eBay purchased the site, but rather, it occurred while it was still on the W3 system – before eBay bought it. eBay also notes that “we launched an entirely new platform on January 15, 2015 when the acquisition was…