By Center for Democracy & Technology DESCRIPTION For many years, security researchers, infosec experts, and hackers have faced negative consequences such as legal threats and prosecution for simply doing their jobs. These so-called “chilling effects” have reached near-mythical status, and the level of understanding of potential risks varies throughout the tech policy community. Please join…
Stolen University Hard Drive Potentially Exposes Thousands of Records
Robert Rodriguez reports: The theft of an external hard drive at Fresno State could expose the personal data of at least 15,000 people. The hard drive was reported missing Jan. 12 and Fresno State officials said some of the files may have contained personal information, including names, addresses, phone numbers, birth dates, credit card numbers,…
Officials: 2 ex-Florida Hospital employees stole, sold patient records
Jeff Deal and Jason Kelly report: Federal investigators said two former Florida Hospital employees stole and sold an unknown number of patient records. The hospital said it wouldn’t comment on the allegations because of a pending lawsuit, but Channel 9’s Jeff Deal uncovered a civil lawsuit against the hospital, which is separate from the criminal case,…
Insider Threat Seriously Undermining Healthcare Cybersecurity
I don’t agree that insider threats are more of a problem than external threats, but I am glad to see insider threats – including “human error” incidents get more attention. Jai Vijayan reports: The healthcare industry’s ability to defend against cyberthreats is being seriously undermined by its own workforce, according to two separate reports released…
Flexible Benefit Service Corporation notifies 5,123 of phishing incident
Illinois-headquartered Flexible Benefit Service Corporation (“Flex”) is a general agency and benefit administrator serving insurance brokers, employers and insurance carriers. As such, they are a Business Associate to HIPAA-covered entities. The follow is from their notification of a security incident that was reported to HHS on February 16, as impacting 5,123 people. Flex does not indicate…
MY: MCMC and security firm ordered to file defence on data leak (Updated)
Vathani Panirchellvum reports: The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) and Nuemera Sdn Bhd, a data security company have been asked to file their defence over a data leak case involving 46.2 million telco subscribers. The Session Courts today instructed MCMC and Nuemera to file their defence against the civil suit brought by PKR communications…