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Is Anthem screwing dependents of former members on breach notification? (update 2: No)

Posted on March 10, 2015 by Dissent

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…

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The Dutch Duty to Report Data Leaks

Posted on March 9, 2015 by Dissent

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…

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Changes Coming to Credit Agencies Won’t Stop Hackers

Posted on March 9, 2015 by Dissent

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…

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IRS’s Top Ten Identity Theft Prosecutions

Posted on March 8, 2015 by Dissent

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…

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MX: Vivanuncios user data stolen by hacker (nah – scraped by competitor)

Posted on March 8, 2015 by Dissent

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…

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US watchdog: Anthem snubbed our security audits before and after enormous hack attack

Posted on March 5, 2015 by Dissent

Shaun Nichols reports: A year or so before American health insurer Anthem admitted it had been ruthlessly ransacked by hackers, a US federal watchdog had offered to audit the giant’s computer security – but was rebuffed. And, after miscreants looted Anthem’s servers and accessed up to 88.8 million private records, the watchdog again offered to audit the insurer’s…

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