Rovio, the creator of the mobile game hit Angry Birds, has continued its co-operation with an ad platform believed to have been hacked by the British intelligence agency, data security firm FireEye reveals in its blog. The Guardian reported in January, citing documents provided by Edward Snowden, that the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) can snatch…
Document Shredding Company Employee Eyed in ID Theft Ring
This story out of Texas is a good reminder of why you want to have a good Business Associates agreement in place with your documents storage or shredding vendor. It also reinforces my policy of standing there and watching while my documents are securely shredded by the truck operator. Of course, I don’t generate as…
TX: Document Shredding Company Employee Eyed in ID Theft Ring
Scott Gordon reports: A Fort Worth man who worked for a document shredding company did not destroy bank records and instead shared them with thieves, according to court documents. The number of potential victims is in the thousands and the total loss may be in the millions of dollars, a law enforcement source told NBC…
Claims that Trustwave was responsible for monitoring Target’s network “baseless” – Trustwave
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…