The state attorney general is demanding Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield of Connecticut provide more answers and identity-theft protection for nearly 19,000 health professionals whose confidential data was on a stolen laptop computer. Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, at a press conference today, said Anthem and one of its Blue Cross Blue Shield affiliates may have…
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A note on the Anthem Blue Cross breach
Last week, several news sources such as WMUR reported that Anthem Blue Cross was notifying 10,000 healthcare professionals in New Hampshire that their personal information was on a stolen laptop. That news story was correct, but some sites seem to have picked up the story as if it was a new incident or breach. New…
Private paperwork found in Yankee parade confetti
Julia reports: The half ton of recycled confetti provided to buildings lining the Canyon of Heroes in downtown Manhattan for the Yankees’ victory parade yesterday turned out not to be enough for some people to show their enthusiasm. Medical records, financial statements, pay stubs, law firm invoices and court records were found in the fifty…
MassMutual warns of data breach
Jaclyn Cashman reports: “MassMutual can confirm that, despite comprehensive procedures and diligent practices to protect confidential and private data concerning employees at MassMutual and several of its subsidiaries, a limited amount of personal employee information maintained in a database by an outside vendor (engaged by the company) may have been subject to unauthorized access. However,…
FSA condemns weak controls at UBS that allowed rogue traders to flourish
Michael Herman reports: The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has fined UBS £8 million for weak controls that allowed staff in its private bank to make thousands of unauthorised trades with clients’ money and then hide the losses. It is the third-largest fine awarded by the FSA. Four private bankers in UBS’s London office were able…
Chaminade posted Social Security numbers of thousands of students online
Chaminade University inadvertently posted confidential information, including Social Security numbers, of thousands of students, on its Web site for months, school officials said today. The posting of a report with the information was discovered Wednesday and the report was taken off the Web site and links disabled. An investigation determined the report was placed on…