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Legal liabilities in recent data breach extend far beyond Anthem

Posted on February 24, 2015 by Dissent

Joseph Conn reports: The potential legal liabilities from the unprecedented breach of some 80 million individuals’ records at Indianapolis-based insurance giant Anthem could entangle nearly 60 health insurance plans from Hawaii to Puerto Rico, legal experts say. More than 50 class-action lawsuits related to the breach already have been filed in less than a month. The plans could find…

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FBI close to IDing Anthem hacker

Posted on February 24, 2015 by Dissent

Cory Bennett reports: The FBI is close to naming the cyberattacker behind the Anthem data breach. Whether it tells the public, though, remains to be seen. “We’re close already,” said Robert Anderson, who leads the FBI’s Criminal, Cyber, Response, and Services Branch, during a Tuesday roundtable with reporters. “But we’re not going to say it…

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$3 Million Reward Offered for GameOver Zeus Botnet Mastermind

Posted on February 24, 2015 by Dissent

Today in Washington, D.C., the U.S. State Department, the Department of Justice, and the FBI announced a reward of up to $3 million for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of Evgeniy Mikhailovich Bogachev, currently one of the FBI’s most wanted—and most prolific—cyber criminals, for his alleged involvement in a major cyber racketeering enterprise….

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Lawsuit filed over Shorter University data theft

Posted on February 24, 2015 by Dissent

And so it begins… A potential class-action lawsuit against Shorter University has been filed by a former student who became a victim of identity theft/tax refund fraud following the theft of records last year. Reports of identity theft related to tax refund fraud started emerging in February, and as of last week, there were over 30 reports….

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Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Report on Cybersecurity Practices

Posted on February 24, 2015 by Dissent

via BeSpacific: FINRA Report on Cybersecurity Practices, February 2015 – Executive Summary: Like many organizations in the financial services and other sectors, broker-dealers (firms) are the target of cyberattacks. The frequency and sophistication of these attacks is increasing and individual broker-dealers, and the industry as a whole, must make responding to these threats a high priority….

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Watch: Dumpster confrontation; FOX31 investigator finds customers’ personal info

Posted on February 24, 2015 by Dissent

Heidi Hemmat reports: The Arapahoe County Sherriff’s department executed a search warrant at a TV and electronics repair shop that was at the center of a FOX31 Denver investigation. Deputies were at AAAA TV in Centennial Friday after a FOX31 investigation found the store was charging customers for unnecessary parts and repairs and holding customers’ items…

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