Courtney Perkes reports: Blue Shield of California announced Thursday that personal information from nearly 21,000 individual and family plan customers was accessed in a security breach late last year. The information included names, addresses, dates of birth and Social Security numbers. Read more on Orange County Register. This incident does not appear to be on…
Data breach class action dismissed against SuperValu for lack of standing
Another lawsuit over a data breach has been dismissed for lack of standing. This time it’s SuperValu, who was sued for two breaches in 2014. Kathryn Rattigan writes: Last week, a Minnesota court ruled that a consolidated class action filed against SuperValu retail chain failed to assert any harm, finding that while SuperValu did suffer…
Hyatt says 250 of its hotels had malware last year
There’s an update to the breach reported by Hyatt Hotels in December. Joseph Pisani reports: Hyatt said Thursday that it found malicious software in about 250 of its hotels, including five in the Chicago, that may have exposed customers’ credit- and debit-card numbers and other information to hackers. It’s the first time the hotel operator has listed…
Thai justice system hacked by Blink Hacker Group; personal info dumped
It appears that Anonymous is not quite done going after the Thai justice system with its #BoycottThailand campaign. Recent attacks on almost 300 government sites have been in response to the conviction of two migrant workers in the murder of two British backpackers, David Miller and Hannah Witheridge – a conviction that Anonymous finds totally unjust. Not only has Anonymous defaced government sites,…
MT: St. Peter’s Hospital, pharmacist, sued over medical privacy following alleged rape
Sanjay Talwani reports: A woman who went to St. Peter’s Hospital in Helena after an alleged a rape is suing the hospital and a pharmacist, saying they violated her medical privacy. The woman told authorities last year she was raped by Andrew Stevick back in January 2015. He’s admitted to criminal endangerment in the case and…
Security of mobile health apps: it’s as bad as we thought
It’s a topic I’ve covered on this site before, and even though I generally don’t include infographics from commercial entities on this site, Arxan has one on the security of mobile health apps that is important to note. With their kind permission, I am reproducing it below. You can access the corresponding report on healthcare…