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The Daily Mail did what U.S. media didn’t do: FOI the U.S. Education Department for Insider Breaches

Posted on March 2, 2015 by Dissent

From the good-for-them dept.: The Daily Mail in the U.K. filed a Freedom of Information request with the U.S. Education Department and obtained over 100 pages of responsive documents to their request for records relating to employee misuse of department computers. They have made the entire file available on their site. Note that this is…

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Complicated relationships and breach notification requirements

Posted on March 2, 2015 by Dissent

A notification to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office from McDermott Will & Emery LLP provides a useful illustration of how some organizations may be  struggling to determine their notification obligations to states as a result of the Anthem breach: If a law firm has trouble figuring out their obligations, can you imagine what others are struggling with? Coincidentally, perhaps, an attorney at…

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NY: Stolen Pioneer bank laptop contained some customers’ data (updated)

Posted on March 2, 2015 by Dissent

Eric Anderson reports: Pioneer Bank over the weekend alerted some of its customers that an employee’s laptop stolen Jan. 26 contained “secured personal information of certain customers, including names, social security numbers, street addresses, and account and debit card numbers.” Letters were sent to those customers whose information “may have been on this laptop,” Pioneer…

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Natural Grocers Investigating Card Breach

Posted on March 2, 2015 by Dissent

Brian Krebs reports: Sources in the financial industry tell KrebsOnSecurity they have traced a pattern of fraud on customer credit and debit cards suggesting that hackers have tapped into cash registers at Natural Grocers locations across the country. The grocery chain says it is investigating “a potential data security incident involving an unauthorized intrusion targeting limited customer payment card data.”…

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Citizens Connect Accidentally Displayed Several Complainants’ Personal Information

Posted on March 1, 2015 by Dissent

Sara Morrison reports: Laura Holland was not surprised when a convenience store near her home let its dumpster overflow with garbage and didn’t shovel a path to allow the garbage truck in to collect it; she’s had issues with the store’s dumpster practices in the past. She was surprised, however, when she discovered that her…

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OR: Leak of Kitzhaber’s emails, state audit intertwined

Posted on March 1, 2015 by Dissent

Peter Wong and Hillary Borrud report: The leak of former Gov. John Kitzhaber’s emails occurred at a time when state auditors were reviewing security controls at the state data center where the emails are stored. The routine audit, which is ongoing, was already underway when the leak occurred and it is unrelated to the criminal…

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