Elaine Edwards reports: Action is needed to tackle deficiencies in how the public service protects the personal data of citizens before such action is triggered by a “crisis”, the Data Protection Commissioner has said. Billy Hawkes was speaking today on the publication of his annual report for 2013, which is his final annual report in the…
KR: Sanctioned card firms to resume operation this week, but suspension really cost them
Yonhap News Agency reports that although financial regulators are about to lift the 3-month suspension for new sign-ups they imposed on three credit card firms over data breaches, the suspension cost the firms a combined $117,000,000.00 and may cost their top executives their jobs: According to the officials, the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) will lift…
MLB's A-Rod inquiry: Investigators were told documents were stolen, but bought records anyway, officials say
I have previously noted developments in the case of Alex Rodriguez (“A-Rod”) and Major League Baseball’s investigation of him because records with health information were involved. On some level, I think I view this case as workplace issue and how far employers can go to investigate drug or substance use. By now, most people know…
What's with all these attacks on doctors' e-mail accounts – and what are you doing about it?
Sometimes it takes a few breaches before I notice a trend or general issue that I think needs to be addressed. This week, I found myself looking at so many reports of doctors’ e-mail accounts being compromised that I decided the topic deserved a post of its own. If you do not know what breaches…
Catholic Health Initiatives victim of DNS hijack; doctors' e-mails redirected (updated)
Natasha Chen reports that Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI), some of whose doctors fell for a phishing scheme in January that compromised patient information in e-mails sent to and by the doctors, has fallen victim to an attack that also involved doctors’ e-mail accounts: For the second time in five months, patients’ information may have been compromised…
Florida firm denies link to UPMC data breach
Associated Press reports: A University of Pittsburgh Medical Center employee has sued the hospital network for credit restoration services and identity theft insurance in the wake of a data breach that has seen hackers use the personal information of hundreds of employees to file bogus federal income tax returns. Alice Patrick, who works at UPMC…