Grimsby Telegraph has an update to a breach previously noted on this blog: Barclays Bank has come under fire after offering just £250 in compensation to customers whose confidential files were stolen and sold to rogue City traders. At least 2,000 of the bank’s customers were affected by the theft, which included details of their…
Pharmacy board's actions raise questions about ethics, patient privacy, safety
John Russell reports: A powerful member of the Indiana Board of Pharmacy was quietly involved in discussions with state pharmacy regulators about a $100 million project that benefited his employer — Walgreens pharmacies. And now a government watchdog group and a labor federation say those actions not only violated state ethics laws, but have allowed…
Angry Birds still leaking user details, data security firm reports
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…