Martyn Williams reports: The Social Security numbers of roughly 18,000 California physicians and health-care providers were inadvertently made public after a slip-up at health insurance provider Blue Shield of California, the organization said Monday. The numbers were included in monthly filings on medical providers that Blue Shield is required to make to the state’s Department…
Vermont Attorney General Fines Local Business For Failing To Notify Consumers Of Security Breach
Shelburne Country Store in Shelburne, Vermont will pay a $3,000 civil penalty for failing to inform 721 internet buyers of a security breach of their credit card information. In late 2013, the company’s website was hacked and credit card information stolen. Upon being informed of the breach in January 2014, the company quickly fixed the problem, but…
FL: Former corrections officer pleads guilty to wire fraud, identity theft
TBO has an update on a breach previously reported on this blog: A state corrections officer accused of using inmates’ identities to file fraudulent tax returns pleaded guilty Wednesday to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. Jerry St. Fleur, 26, of Zephyrhills, faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison, the U.S. Attorney’s…
Plastic Surgeon May Pay for Sharing Patient's Pics
Jeff D. Gorman reports: A woman whose plastic surgeon gave her before-and-after photos to a television news reporter may have a case for negligence, a Utah appeals court ruled. Dr. Renato Saltz performed surgery on Conilyn Judge’s breasts and torso in 2006. Two years later, a reporter contacted Saltz for a story on how to…
SingPass breach: time for government agencies to take security more seriously
Alfred Siew reports: Perhaps the worst thing that can happen after the recent SingPass security breach is to assume it cannot happen again. This idea that everything is working fine is foolhardy, after news last week that three of the 1,560 compromised SingPass accounts were used to apply for work permits. Thus it’s disappointing to hear the government saying there are no…
NZ: Vodafone privacy breach ‘serious’
Liam Hyslop reports: Vodafone is experiencing a serious privacy breach – people with a master password are able to access private customer information, including credit card details. The loophole was discovered by a new Vodafone customer, who said he accidentally accessed another Vodafone customer’s account with the password when he was trying to get into…