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Retailers are skirting data security issue, NAFCU, trades tell Congress

Posted on November 13, 2014 by Dissent

The National Association of Federal Credit Unions writes: Retailer groups’ data security arguments are “inaccurate and misleading” given their members “are not covered by any federal laws or regulations that require them to protect data and notify consumers when it is breached,” NAFCU and six other financial trades told House and Senate leaders Wednesday. “National…

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Update: South Carolina extends free ID theft protection through October 2015

Posted on November 12, 2014 by Dissent

WMBF reports that South Carolina taxpayers are getting one more year of free IDtheft protection from CSID for the security breach in 2012 that compromised 3.8 million taxpayers’ data.

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Civilian employee for Coast Guard accused of stealing personal information

Posted on November 12, 2014 by Dissent

Kaitlyn Naples reports: A Connecticut man who is an information technology contractor for the United States Coast Guard has pled guilty to stealing personal information. The United States District Attorney said Larry Mathews, 34, of Pawcatuck pled guilty to stealing information found on hundreds of computers and personal electronic devices that had been brought to…

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USIS parent ordered to turn over security data by House committee Democrats

Posted on November 12, 2014 by Dissent

Well, I’m not sure why their headline says “ordered,” when it’s still an “ask,” but Jill R. Aitoro reports: The parent company and private equity owner of U.S. Investigations Services LLC is being asked by a congressional committee to turn over a laundry list of information about the security of USIS’s computer networks. The Nov. 12 letter…

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FTC Alleges Debt Brokers Illegally Exposed Personal Information of Tens of Thousands of Consumers on the Internet

Posted on November 12, 2014 by Dissent

Here’s the FTC’s press release on an enforcement action I had noted on this blog when it originally reported by Courthouse News: At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a federal court has ordered two debt sellers that posted the sensitive personal information of more than 70,000 consumers online to notify the consumers and…

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Hacked Employees File Charges Against Postal Service

Posted on November 11, 2014 by Dissent

Eric Katz reports: The American Postal Workers Union filed a complaint on Monday to the National Labor Relations Board for the Postal Service’s failure to adequately consult with the group over the security failure. APWU President Mark Dimondstein said USPS should have bargained with the union over the “impact of the security breach.” “We are demanding…

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