Stacia Glenn reports: A Gig Harbor psychologist who failed to immediately fess up that a prostitute stole his laptop with medical information about 652 state Department of Social and Health Services clients must undergo a mental health evaluation if he wants to practice again. Sunil Kakar was suspended in October on charges ranging from unprofessional…
Chicago’s Trustwave sued over Target data breach
Ooh. Trustwave has been sued for their role in the Target breach. The plaintiffs in the potential class action lawsuit are Green Bank and Trustmark Bank John Pletz reports: Although the most serious allegations are leveled at Target, the suit alleges that Trustwave failed to identify deficiencies in the retailer’s IT systems. Trustwave’s software audits companies’ IT systems…
AU: Doubts over computer hacker case
JoAnne McCarthy reports: An alleged computer hacker described last year as a ‘‘considerable risk to society’’ could apply to have all charges against him dismissed after questions about the case against him and the ‘‘guns blazing attitude’’ of police. Matthew Flannery, 24, of Point Clare, was allegedly an international hacking group leader when he was…
Henry Schein receives recognition for corporate ethics
A press release yesterday announced that Henry Schein has been named a 2014 World’s Most Ethical Company by the Ethisphere Institute. Considering that I’ve raised questions about their marketing of Dentrix G5 as providing “encryption” and the fact that they wouldn’t send out individual letters to customers informing them that what providers purchased as incorporating…
Potential 7 Million Credit Card Details Leaked by “Anonymous Ukraine” (update2)
Lee J reports on DataLossDB: The last couple of weeks have seen tensions rising between Russia and Ukraine, and along with it an increase in computer crime. Sometime earlier this morning, a post allegedly by Anonymous Ukraine has claimed to have published “more than 800 million credit cards” by releasing four archives: Visa, Mastercard, American…
No violation of HIPAA in Monroeville, feds say
Kyle Lawson reports on a case involving Monroeville, Pennsylvania that I’ve followed on this blog over the past few years. As I had noted, although I thought there was a privacy violation, it wasn’t clear to me whether the services involved were HIPAA-covered entities. It turns out they weren’t. Lawson reports: [HHS’s] investigation found that…