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Settlement of yet another lawsuit against WellPoint /Anthem Blue Cross gets preliminary approval

Posted on July 18, 2011 by Dissent

If you feel like you need a scorecard to keep track of lawsuits against WellPoint or settlements involving WellPoint, it’s understandable. WellPoint recently settled a lawsuit by the Indiana Attorney General’s Office over delayed notification following a breach that occurred in 2009 and continued until after a customer notified them twice in 2010.   Then they settled…

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Toshiba confirms they were hacked; customers notified

Posted on July 18, 2011 by Dissent

Last week I noted that Toshiba appeared to have been hacked.  Now they’ve confirmed it.  John Oates reports: Toshiba says that unidentified hackers have stolen customer records belonging to 7,500 of its customers. Credit cards details were not compromised, but emails, addresses, passwords and phone numbers all went missing. Read more on The Register. A press release…

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NE: ‘Unfortunate situation’ at Kitchen Place auction

Posted on July 18, 2011 by Dissent

We’ve known for a long time that when businesses fold, they may just dump records with sensitive information instead of disposing of them properly.  And in many states, such actions would not necessarily be illegal.   Here’s a timely reminder from Nebraska about a bankruptcy auction involving the Kitchen Place:   Two file cabinets that…

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IN: Parents worried about info breach at college savings program

Posted on July 16, 2011 by Dissent

WTHR reports: … Outside one of the nation’s largest student loan servicing centers is a warning: someone’s watching. But it’s the inside job David Miller is concerned about. He just learned the 529 College Savings accounts for his 16-year-old son Zach and 13-year-old son Noah were breached. The suspect is an employee at another Sallie…

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GA: Personal Info Stolen From Patients At DeKalb Medical

Posted on July 16, 2011 by Dissent

WSBTV reports: The United States Secret Service said it is investigating how the personal information of patients at the DeKalb Medical’s Hillandale facility was stolen. The data involves patients seen at the hospital between July and October 2010. The secret service said the case was similar to others in Georgia and Alabama. They said the…

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MT: Yellowstone County website hacked

Posted on July 14, 2011 by Dissent

Katrina Heser reports: The State of Montana Technology Department told Yellowstone County today their website has been hacked. It’s possible that taxpayers who paid property taxes by electronic bank transfer may have had their account number exposed to the hacker. This does not include taxpayers who made payments by paper check or debit/credit cards. The…

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