Dave Lewis of Forbes recently reported a breach affecting brokerage house Benjamin F. Edwards Co.’a customers. A copy of the firm’s notification letter to clients had been posted on the California Attorney General’s website as well as the Vermont Attorney General’s website. At the time, Lewis reported: On May 24, 2014 Benjamin F. Edwards & Co. had their computer systems compromised…
Citing medical privacy laws, Clippers owner's lawyers seek to remove case to federal court
Associated Press reports: Shortly before the start of a trial to determine whether Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling’s estranged wife can sell the team, his lawyers filed a motion Thursday to move the case to federal court, alleging his medical privacy has been violated. A probate court trial is scheduled to begin Monday to…
Watermark Retirement Communities suffers laptop theft
Dave Lewis’s head is exploding. Understandably. Not only did Watermark Retirement Communities, Inc. fail to adequately secure customers’ personal information – including their date of birth and Social Security numbers- but they pulled out the old chestnuts of “the laptop was password protected” and “the thieves just likely wanted the hardware” pseudo-reassurances. Davis writes: From…
DK: Police were warned during hacker attack
AJ reports on a breach that allegedly involved a Danish hacker and Pirate Bay co-founder Gottfrid Svartholm Wargi: Denmark’s most devastating hacker attack could have been prevented from escalating if the national police Rigspolitiet and the IT company CSC had reacted to a critical report by Deloitte in June 2012, Politiken reports. By the time…
MS: Police reports with sensitive information end up in dumpster
WAPT reports that after receiving a tip from a viewer, reporter Stephanie Maxwell went dumpster diving and turned up trash bags full of Jackson Police Department reports containing loads of personal information. The bags were in a dumpster outside Precinct 4. JPD responded that someone didn’t follow procedure and would be retrained. But had this…
UK: Killer fights to keep name secret
The Press Association reports: A man who committed “appalling and horrific” murders is fighting for the legal right to remain anonymous while he seeks rehabilitation. The convicted double killer is asking for his identity not to be revealed as he challenges a decision refusing him unescorted leave in the community, which is a key step…