I was somewhat surprised to receive an e-mail from Adobe this afternoon about the October 3 hack. Then I read it and decided to post it here as an example of their follow-up/communications: As we announced on October 3, Adobe discovered sophisticated attacks on our network involving the illegal access and removal of a backup…
FTC vs. LabMD update
Two more court filings in FTC vs. LabMD are now available online: the FTC’s Opposition to LabMD’s Motion to Stay Proceedings and LabMD’s reply to FTC’s response opposing LabMD’s motion to dismiss the complaint with prejudice and to stay the proceedings. The latter is of more interest to me right now, but I am putting off a…
Feds not required to report security breaches of Obamacare exchange website
Eric Boehm writes: Americans who buy health insurance through the federal Obamacare exchange website could have their personal information stolen by hackers and never even know it. Most of the state-run health exchange websites will be covered by state laws that require notification when government databases are breached by hackers. But there is no law requiring notification…
Maternity hospital probed for data leaks
Cai Wenjun reports: The Shanghai Health and Family Planning Commission said yesterday that it was investigating staff at Fengxian District Central Hospital, which reportedly sold personal information of pregnant women. The commission said hospitals must protect patients’ privacy and it will reveal the results of investigation soon. A woman who delivered a baby girl at…
JPMorgan Chase breach update: pile on…
The JPMorgan Chase Ucard breach reported previously on this blog affects residents of numerous states. As such, not only do I expect to see lawsuits filed, but state attorneys general will likely jump into the act to protect their respective residents. Did JPMorgan Chase promptly notify their residents and are they offering enough remediation and…
StanChart client data stolen in Singapore via Fuji Xerox server
Ryan Huang reports: Bank statements belonging to hundreds of Standard Chartered‘s richest customers were found to have been stolen from a server at Fuji Xerox Singapore, the third party where printing was outsourced. The unauthorized access only came to light after files containing the data were found on a laptop, belonging to the recently arrested…