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Class Action Suit Over Aetna’s Security Breach Is Dismissed

Posted on March 11, 2010 by Dissent

Shannon P. Duffy reports: Finding there was no more than speculative injury, a federal judge has dismissed a class action suit against Aetna Inc. filed in the wake of news that the insurer’s computer database may have been hacked and that personal data of up to 450,000 job applicants were potentially at risk. In Allison…

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LifeLock Will Pay $12 Million to Settle Charges by the FTC and 35 States That Identity Theft Prevention and Data Security Claims Were False

Posted on March 9, 2010 by Dissent

LifeLock, Inc. has agreed to pay $11 million to the Federal Trade Commission and $1 million to a group of 35 state attorneys general to settle charges that the company used false claims to promote its identity theft protection services, which it widely advertised by displaying the CEO’s Social Security number on the side of…

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[RANT] New Rule: No Waffling

Posted on March 8, 2010 by Dissent

A recent press release and open letter from Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suites induces a rant. I’m working on my taxes and thought I’d send this notification off to the I.R.S.: To valued I.R.S. employees: I wish to inform you of possible income earned involving my private practice. At some point during the period April…

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Cybersecurity: Progress Made but Challenges Remain in Defining and Coordinating the Comprehensive National Initiative

Posted on March 7, 2010 by Dissent

Cybersecurity: Progress Made but Challenges Remain in Defining and Coordinating the Comprehensive National Initiative GAO-10-338 March 5, 2010 Highlights Page (PDF)   Full Report (PDF, 64 pages)     Recommendations (HTML) Summary: In response to the ongoing threats to federal systems and operations posed by cyber attacks, President Bush established the Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative (CNCI) in…

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Feds indict couple again in theft, sale of patients’ data

Posted on March 7, 2010 by Dissent

Jay Weaver reports: Last year, they were charged with running a racket to pilfer patient records from Jackson Memorial Hospital to sell to lawyers for personal-injury claims. Now Ruben E. Rodriguez and wife Maria Victoria Suarez have been indicted again for paying an ambulance-company employee to steal information on patients transported to Miami-Dade hospitals and…

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(update 2) Only Wyndham-branded hotels involved in three breaches

Posted on March 5, 2010 by Dissent

Yesterday, Robert McMillan provided more detail on the most recent Wyndham Hotel and Resort chain breach: Wyndham operates over 7,114 hotels worldwide, including Ramada, Days Inn and Super 8. Just how many hotels were hit by this latest attempt was unclear, however. Until today. The company just released a statement saying that 37 hotels were…

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