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LabMD Responds to FTC Complaint: Claims Agency Lacks Enforcement Jurisdiction

Posted on September 19, 2013 by Dissent

Just received this press release from Cause of Action with LabMD’s response to FTC’s complaint: Cause of Action (CoA), a government accountability organization, filed an answer to an aggressive and arbitrary enforcement action brought by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) against LabMD, a small cancer diagnosis company. CoA is defending LabMD against a complaint brought by the FTC in…

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FTC complaint against LabMD could serve as guidance to businesses on data security

Posted on September 12, 2013 by Dissent

The Federal Trade Commission has released a provisionally redacted public version of its complaint against LabMD  (PHIprivacy.net’s coverage of LabMD linked here). The complaint provides what could be useful  guidance as to what types of practices the FTC considers to be problematic practices under the Act: 10. At all relevant times, respondent engaged in a number of…

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Vodafone Hacker Accesses 2 Million Customers’ Banking Data

Posted on September 12, 2013 by Dissent

Richard Weiss reports: An intruder hacked into a Vodafone Group Plc (VOD) server in Germany, gaining access to 2 million customers’ personal details and banking information. A person with insider knowledge stole data including names, addresses, birth dates, and bank account information, the world’s second-biggest mobile-phone carrier said in a statement today. The hacker had no access to credit-card information,…

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Vermont Attorney General Sorrell Requires Security Upgrades And Assesses Penalty For Security Breach Violations

Posted on September 11, 2013 by Dissent

Attorney General William Sorrell has reached a settlement with Natural Provisions, a grocery store in Williston, Vermont in which Natural Provisions agreed to spend $15,000 to significantly upgrade its computer security system to exceed minimum legal protections, and to pay $15,000 to the State, in addition to other injunctive relief. The settlement resolves allegations that Natural Provisions…

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Hacking involved in majority of confirmed breaches – 2013 DBIR

Posted on September 10, 2013 by Dissent

In its 2013 Data Breach Investigations Report, Verizon said that it had analysed more than 47,000 reported security incidents last year and found 621 “confirmed data disclosures” where at least 44 million records had been “compromised”. More than half of the 621 data disclosures involved hacking, it said. “52% of breaches affecting all organisations involved…

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Two Romanian Nationals Sentenced to Prison for Scheme to Steal Payment Card Data

Posted on September 4, 2013 by Dissent

An update on a breach previously noted on this blog: Adrian-Tiberiu Oprea, 29, of Constanta, Romania, and Iulian Dolan, 28, of Craiova, Romania, were sentenced today to serve 15 years and seven years in prison, respectively, for participating in an international, multimillion-dollar scheme to remotely hack into and steal payment card data from hundreds of…

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