One day, businesses will heed my sage advice not to stay in the news cycle by letting details dribble out piecemeal. Today is not the day, however, so thankfully, idRADAR did some digging and has found out that over 215,000 were affected by the Paytime, Inc. breach covered previously on this blog. Jeanne Price reports:…
Update: All 62,000 workers at UPMC may now be victims of data breach
Robert Zullo reports: The scope of a data breach at UPMC that may have exposed Social Security numbers, addresses, salary and bank account information to identity thieves has now widened to potentially include all of its 62,000 workers, the health-care conglomerate informed employees in an e-mail today. “Outside of the 817 confirmed victims of tax…
FTC Proceedings Against LabMD Stalled by Congressional Investigation
Press release from Cause of Action, who are representing LabMD in the FTC’s administrative complaint against them over data security: Congress launched an investigation into Tiversa and their dealings with federal agencies including the FTC which threw a wrench into the FTC’s administrative proceedings against LabMD today. “An investigation by the House Oversight committee will…
WV Supreme Court says lawsuit against CAMC can go forward
Lydia Nuzum reports that a potential class-action lawsuit against Charleston Area Medical Center over an exposure breach disclosed in 2011 will be allowed to go forward after the West Virginia Supreme Court overturned a ruling by the Kanawha Circuit Court denying the petitioners standing on the basis of potential for future harm. The Supreme Court sided with…
Sharper Future reports burglars nabbed mental health data of clients
Sharper Future is a private-sector mental health services provider in Los Angeles specializing in the assessment and treatment of forensic populations and others with behavioral and mental health issues. They have posted a breach notification (pdf) to their site, and a copy has been submitted to the California Attorney General’s Office as well. The notification…
American Express notified 76,608 California residents after #AnonymousUkraine data dumps
From AmEx’s (AXP) notification to the California Attorney General’s Office: Hacktivist group “Anonymous Ukraine” has published card data to internet. Several postings have been made. AXP was informed by law enforcement that several large files containing personal information were posted on internet sites by claimed members of “Anonymous”, a worldwide hacking collective. The source(s) of…