Personally, I detest it when entities won’t disclose any many people were notified or affected by a breach. It’s one of the few times that I think the “nothing to hide” argument applies. When it comes to healthcare sector breaches affecting more than 500, refusal to disclose to the media makes even less sense to…
LinkedIn Wins Dismissal of Privacy Lawsuit in California
Joel Rosenblatt reports: LinkedIn Corp. (LNKD), the biggest online professional-networking service, won dismissal of a lawsuit claiming it failed to follow industry standards and its own promises in encrypting user password information. The lawsuit, filed last year in federal court in San Jose, California, followed the company’s website being hacked and 6.5 million member passwords being posted…
The Words Organizations Use In Their Data Breach Notices
George Jenkins creates word clouds from breach notices over on I’ve Been Mugged.
Recent 10-Ks mentioning “cyber” incidents
Some interesting information compiled by Chris Walsh: Slides from his February 28, 2013 RSA presentation, “Infosec Intelligence And Regulatory Filings: An Investigation Of The Information Security Content Of Mandatory Sec Disclosures” are linked from this blog post, and A compilation of some recent 10-k disclosures can be found here.
Verizon to Introduce Secure E-Mails for Medical Records
Alex Nussbaum reports: Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ), the second-biggest U.S. telephone company, will introduce the first national service enabling doctors to securely exchange medical records no matter what computer system they use. The service will begin tomorrow following testing among about a dozen U.S. hospital systems and other clients. Under the program, medical providers who…
GA: Confidential records found in Paulding Co. dumpster
WSBTV reports: The FBI is investigating a dumpster full of medical documents that Channel 2’s Ross Cavitt found outside an office complex in Hiram. Cavitt called authorities after finding the documents full of people’s sensitive identification and medical information. The caller who gave Cavitt the tip said the documents were in the dumpster all weekend….