Press release from today: Today Target Corp. (NYSE: TGT) announced the company has hired a new technology leader to help guide the company’s information technology transformation. Target also provided details on additional security enhancements the company has made following its 2013 data breach, and shared plans to incorporate MasterCard chip-and-PIN technology across its REDcard portfolio….
TX: Computer containing patient data stolen from Seton Healthcare
MyFoxAustin reports: A computer-like device was stolen from Seton Northwest Hospital. Now two months later, nearly 180 patients possibly affected are just finding out. One of them came to FOX 7 for help. It was inside a locked storage area at Seton Northwest Hospital where a device was stolen. We’re told only names, dates of…
Almost 10,000 potentially affected by Snelling Staffing breach
More information is now available on the Snelling Staffing breach that had me confused. There’s still no explanation as to why a former employee had employee information on their home computer where it might have remained undetected if it were not for the databreach, but we now know that 9,757 individuals were potentially affected by…
VT: New Patient Information System Sparks Privacy Debate
Taylor Dobbs reports: … a new policy set to take effect this summer would make it possible for doctors not involved in a given patient’s care to view their file. The “global consent” policy will make it so that once a patient signs the form authorizing a release of their file, any doctor’s office connected…
AOL traces mystery spam flood to security breach; passwords and more stolen
Jared Newman reports: AOL is asking users to reset their passwords as it investigates a recent flurry of spam e-mails. According to Reuters, the uptick in AOL spam is related to a security breach that affected roughly 2 percent of users. Hackers made off with e-mail addresses, mailing addresses, encrypted passwords, and encrypted security questions. AOL…
Hacked Iowa State University Server Used by State Schools
Mike Anderson of McClatchy reports: The brand of servers targeted in an online security breach at Iowa State University is vulnerable to hacking attacks and is used by all three of Iowa’s state universities. ISU has 10 servers manufactured by Taiwanese hardware company Synology, five of which were subject to the attack disclosed Tuesday. The…