Sara A. Arrow and Craig A. Newman Recently-issued guidance from the U.S. Department of Education (ED) threatens to “yank” Title IV funding for post-secondary institutions lacking appropriate data security safeguards. The guidance comes as the risk of educational data breaches has intensified, as we have previously reported. The stakes are even higher now that ED…
RoxSan Pharmacy Notifies Patients of Breach That Occurred in 2015
There are a number of unanswered questions about an incident disclosed by RoxSan Pharmacy today. See what you think, starting with their press release of today: As part of its commitment to patient privacy, RoxSan Pharmacy (“RoxSan”) notified 1,049 patients of a potential breach of unsecured personal patient protected health information. RoxSan is notifying affected…
The strange case of the data breach that stayed online for a month
So the headline’s a bit of clickbait as there’s nothing really strange going on, but it’s still a useful reminder situation….. Simon Sharwood and Kat Hall report on a case where someone found a spread sheet exposed/indexed by Google. And although the company believed that they had gotten everything removed, weeks later it was still…
KY: Livingston County Schools teachers, staff fear identity theft
Blake Stevens and Randall Barnes report: Many teachers, bus drivers, custodians, and other school staff in Livingston County fear their identities may have been stolen. Superintendent Victor Zimmerman apologized Monday night for unknowingly posting payroll information with social security numbers on the Livingston County school district’s website. The breach was part of an attachment for…
Idaho Transportation Department email hack may have exposed truckers’ private information
EIN reports: A hack of two email accounts at the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) potentially exposed the personal information of commercial truckers whose rigs are registered in Idaho, including Social Security and credit card numbers. State Information Security Director Jeff Weak said ITD’s Division of Motor Vehicles has identified and notified about 140 individuals and…
AMP Global Clearing LLC fined for lax security
A monetary penalty resulted from a misconfigured backup uncovered by Chris Vickery, who was then with Kromtech Security. It was reported publicly in April, 2017 by a number of outlets, including The Daily Dot. This was one of those cases where a vendor’s mistake turned out to be costly. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)…