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Comcast penalized $33 million by PUC for privacy breach

Posted on September 17, 2015 by Dissent

George Avalos reports: State regulators on Thursday approved a $33 million settlement with Comcast in connection with an unauthorized disclosure of unlisted names, phone numbers and addresses of 75,000 of the telecommunications giant’s customers. The names, phone numbers and addresses of the unlisted and non-published customers became available on Comcast’s online director (sic), in one…

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Second Russian pleads guilty in record US data breach

Posted on September 17, 2015 by Dissent

Karl Thomas reports: A second Russian man has pleaded guilty in an American court for his role in what is thought to be the biggest data breach in the history of the US. A day after 34-year-old Vladimir Drinkman pleaded guilty in New Jersey for helping orchestrate the theft of 160 million credit card details,…

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Kardashian Website Security Issue Exposes Names, Emails Of Over Half A Million Subscribers, Payment Info Safe

Posted on September 17, 2015 by Dissent

Sarah Perez reports: Alongside the launch of the Kardashian and Jenner mobile apps, which are now dominating the App Store after seeing hundreds of thousands of downloads apiece in their first days on the market, the celeb sisters also released new websites designed to help them better connect with their fans while offering a more personal look…

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Jackson Health: Investigation into NFL player’s leaked patient records ‘ongoing’

Posted on September 17, 2015 by Dissent

Daniel Chang reports: More than two months after the chief executive of Jackson Health System promised an “aggressive internal investigation” into the unauthorized release of the medical chart for New York Giants pass rusher Jason Pierre-Paul — a possible violation of federal privacy laws — hospital officials have yet to explain how the breach occurred,…

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BitPay Sues Insurer After Losing $1.8 Million in Phishing Attack

Posted on September 17, 2015 by Dissent

Stan Higgins reports: BitPay has filed suit against a Massachusetts insurance company after losing $1.8m during a phishing attack last December. According to documents obtained by the Atlanta Business Chronicle, the bitcoin payment processor was defrauded in mid-December by an unknown individual posing as BTC Media CEO David Bailey, whose computer was infiltrated prior to the attack….

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Yet another insider breach at TD Bank. Paging regulators to Aisle 4…?

Posted on September 16, 2015 by Dissent

In a recent breach notification to New Hampshire’s Attorney General, TD Bank’s Head of U.S. Privacy & Social Media Compliance writes, in part: We recently learned that one of our employees obtained and inappropriately used confidential customer information and provided it to an unauthorized party not associated with TD Bank. The personal information they obtained…

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