Dan Jamieson writes: The brokerage industry is hoping to head off a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority proposal floated late last year that would have the regulator capture and retain a huge amount of client account data for compliance purposes. Meanwhile, individual investors are complaining that the Finra plan looks like something cooked up by the…
Costs continue to mount in MCCCD breach
While I continue to wade through materials sent to this site concerning the Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) breach, Mary Beth Faller has an update on the costs of the breach: The cost to deal with the breach in the computer system at the Maricopa County Community College District could total $17.1 million, with most…
Detroit reports recent computer security breach affects city workers (updated)
Associated Press reports: Detroit says a recent computer security breach affected files that contained personal identifying information of a large number of city employees. The city says in a statement that Beth Niblock, Detroit’s chief information officer, plans to discuss the breach during a Monday news conference. Read more on ABC. I’ll update this post…
NHS England patient data 'uploaded to Google servers', Tory MP says (Updated)
Update: Now it is being reported that the data were mock data. See image at end of post. Randeep Ramesh reports the latest concerning revelation involving NHS patient records: A prominent Tory MP on the powerful health select committee has questioned how the entire NHS hospital patient database for England was handed over to management…
Class Claims Atlanta Doctor Disclosed HIV Status
Courtney Walters reports that a lawsuit has been filed against a doctor in Atlanta, George for disclosing 379 patients’ names and HIV status: Lead plaintiff John Doe sued Pride Medical Services, three doctor/owners, a pharmacist and another part-owner of the clinic, in Fulton County State Court. Read more about the case on Courthouse News. According…
Sherman, Texas doctor notifying patients after office burglars nabbed computers and hard drives
Ann Smajstrla of The Herald Democrat reports that Dr. J. M. Benson, whose practice is in Sherman Texas, has been notifying patients of a breach that occurred at the beginning of the year. Office staff noticed on Jan. 5 that the office had been broken into, and that computers and one or more hard drives were…