Yesterday, Trustwave issued a statement on its website about allegations made in lawsuits against Target naming it as a co-defendant. The letter, signed by Trustwave CEO Robert J. McCullen reads: March 29, 2014 Dear Customers and Business Partners, As some of you may know, Trustwave was recently named as a defendant in lawsuits relating to the…
Public health, privacy rights collide in Pa. drug-tracking bill
Andrew Staub reports: Legislation moving through the Pennsylvania Senate would allow prosecutors to rifle through prescription drug records as easily as police can search a student’s locker. The proposal, Senate Bill 1180, would create an expanded prescription drug monitoring program and increase access for pharmacists and health-care practitioners who prescribe medication. The American Civil Liberties…
NY: Jamaica Hospital Medical Center employees charged with illegally accessing patient information that they provided to lawyers and "medical mills"
Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown announced that two employees of Jamaica Hospital Medical Center in Queens, New York have been charged with illegally accessing medical records and personal identification information of emergency room patients who were then contacted — some while they were still in the emergency room – by attorneys seeking to solicit them as clients…
Hacked Japanese Building Research Institute responds to hack
A hacker who identifies him/herself as BH_Hacker has dumped data on Pastebin that allegedly comes from a kenken.go.jp database. The National Institute of Building Research identifies itself as an incorporated administrative agency of Japan. The data dump contains 330 records with first and last names, usernames, email addresses, and telephone numbers. With one exception, there were…
In split vote, MCCCD extends contract with law firm for data breach-related services (updated)
I usually don’t find news about law firms’ contracts with respect to data breach-related services particularly noteworthy, but in the context of Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD)’s data breach response, there’s been a newsworthy aspect. Last year, MCCCD hired the law firm of Wilson Elser to handle their breach response. As I noted on…
UK: Family’s safety ‘put at risk’ by council’s blunder
Stef Lach reports: A father says his family’s safety was put at risk by a council blunder which saw his personal details sent to thousands of people. Renfrewshire Council wrote to the 5354 people on its approved landlords list inviting them to a Landlord Accreditation training course, but also attached a list with personal details…