WSAW reports: Humana is notifying Wisconsin members of a potential privacy breach after an employee’s vehicle was broken into and a secure, encrypted laptop was stolen along with the employee’s hard copy files. The paper copy documents contained member name, date of birth, Humana and clinic name for approximately 2,800 Humana Medicare Advantage members. The…
Dow Jones Discloses Customer Data Breach
Stephen Perlberg reports: Dow Jones & Co. disclosed that hackers had gained unauthorized entry to its systems, accessing contact information for current and former subscribers in order to send fraudulent solicitations. The data breach potentially accessed payment card information for fewer than 3,500 individuals, said Dow Jones, a unit of News Corp and owner of The Wall…
Study sounds the alarm on real estate website scraping and data theft
Andrea V. Brambila reports: Agent and broker website vendors and MLSs have had more than a decade to figure out how to protect one of the industry’s most valuable assets from theft online, but most haven’t risen to the challenge. Therefore, it’s time to mandate scraping protections, according to a white paper from real estate consulting…
What you sound like after a data breach
Mark Stockley writes: Hopefully you’ve never had anything stolen in a data breach, but if you have I hope you’ve been spared the salted wound of the non-apology. There are notable exceptions of course but as data leaks and network breaches get larger, more common and more damaging, a humble sorry seems to be the hardest word. Read more…
Privacy Policies Matter… Whether You Read Them Or Not
Mark McGreary writes: New innovations come hand in hand with new privacy issues. Privacy policies may seem like a last minute add-on to some app developers but they are actually an important aspect of an app. Data breaches are an imminent risk and a business’s first defense to potential problems is a privacy policy. Fordham…
Clinton e-mails were vulnerable to hackers, tech firm warned
Tom Hamburger and Rosalind S. Helderman report: A technology subcontractor that has worked on Hillary Rodham Clinton’s e-mail setup expressed concerns over the summer that the system was inadequately protected and vulnerable to hackers, a company official said Wednesday. But the concerns were rebuffed by the company managing the Clinton account, Platte River Networks, which…