Statement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California on the “Paypal13:” Thirteen defendants pleaded guilty in federal court in San Jose yesterday to charges related to their involvement in the cyber-attack of PayPal’s website as part of the group “Anonymous,” United States Attorney Melinda Haag announced. One of the defendants also…
Horizon BCBS notifying 840,000 members after laptops stolen with personal data (update 1)
Ed Beeson reports: Nearly 840,000 members of Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield are being notified that their personal information may have been contained on a pair of laptops that were stolen from the insurer’s Newark headquarters last month. The stolen laptops were password-protected, but had unencrypted data, Horizon said in a statement today. A subsequent…
Adobe notifies me that all’s good following their hack
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…