The California legislature passed an important breach notification bill authored by state Senator Joe Simitian this week, but will Governor Schwarzenegger veto this bill too, as he did the last time around in its previous incarnation? Senate Bill 1166 would mandate certain information about the breach be included in any notification. In a press release…
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FIFA Ticketing Partner in Security Breach
From the not-very-sportsman-like dept. FIFA [Fédération Internationale de Football Association] is liaising with its official ticketing partner Match after a massive security breach compromised the details of 80,000 of its customers, including Sweden’s former Prime Minister and the head of Norway’s national bank. An investigation by the Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet reveals that confidential lists with…
Credit unions report merchants are biggest source of fraud attempts
David Morrison of Credit Union Times reports some of the key results in a Flash survey conducted by the National Association of Federal Credit Unions (NAFCU) concerning fraud rates and costs credit unions have experienced in the past few years: Credit union’s responding to NAFCU’s monthly Flash survey reported that merchants were the source of…
Yet Another Proposed Federal Data Security and Breach Notification Bill: Senators Rockefeller and Pryor Jump Into the Fray
Tanya Forsheit writes: Many of us have watched over the past few years as dozens of proposed federal data security and breach notification bills have been introduced, often with bipartisan support, but have failed to become law. This year has seen many of the usual proposals. For those of you keeping track, this year’s bills…
Signs of a new rash of breaches in hospitality sector, but it’s not us – Heartland
Following revelations of a breach at Tino’s Greek Cafe in Texas, a spokesperson for the Austin Police Department (APD) set off a bit of a firestorm both in the media and backchannel by raising the possibility that the breach might be at Heartland Payment Systems. As reported by KVUE’s Andrew Horansky on August 12: Sgt….
How not to address child ID theft
Over on Emergent Chaos, Adam disagrees with ITRC’s proposed Minors 17-10 Database to reduce child identity theft: …. Unfortunately, this idea is totally and subtly broken. Today, the credit agencies don’t get lists from the SSA. This is a good thing. There’s no authorization under law for them to do so. The fact that they’ve…