A long-running insider snooping breach was first detected by the health authority last year. When the agency investigated, they found an employee had snooped in the records of 880 clients over a period of seven years. The Estevan Mercury reports that as a result of the incident and their findings, the authority has implemented a…
MD: House of Delegates passes data breach protection bill
Chase Cook reports: The House of Delegates passed legislation Monday that would require internet service providers to notify Maryland customers of data breaches in which personal information was stolen. House Bill 1584 sponsor Del. Seth Howard, R-West River, said he put forth the legislation because internet service providers weren’t required to post notices regarding data…
‘Lizard Squad’ hacker-for-hire Zachary Buchta sentenced to three months in prison plus $350,000 restitution for online attacks
Jason Meisner reports: Maryland man sobbed in court Tuesday as a federal judge sentenced him to three months in prison for his role in a “hacker-for-hire” service that shut down company websites and harassed thousands of unsuspecting people around the world. […] Before he was sentenced, Buchta read a brief statement to the court apologizing…
32 state Attorneys General to Congress: Don’t replace our stronger privacy laws!
Mike Litt writes: A bipartisan group of 32 state Attorneys General, led by Illinois AG Lisa Madigan, sent a joint letter last week to the House Financial Services Committee leadership against the draft (link includes opposition testimony of Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office) “Data Acquisition and Technology Accountability and Security Act” that PIRG has also been opposing. The bill…
More details emerge on The MENTOR Network breach
On March 21, National Mentor Healthcare, doing business as Georgia MENTOR, announced that they were notifying patients of a data breach. A disk with protected health information mailed to them by a software provider was lost in the mail, they explained. They had reportedly discovered the loss on December 21. They did not disclose when…
Ministry Of Health Issues Draft For Healthcare Security Act; Warns Of Five Year Jail, $6,164 Fine On Healthcare Data Breach
Bhumika Khatri reports: In a silent yet tough stance towards data breach, the central government of India has released a draft of Healthcare Security Law under Digital Information in Healthcare Security Act (DISHA) and has invited comments from stakeholders and readers on the same before April 21. In the draft document shared, the Ministry of…