From Imation: To help businesses and IT pros navigate the compliance landscape and develop secure and functional infrastructures for data storage and protection, Imation created a Compliance Heat Map to depict the strictness of data breach laws and resulting penalties for breaches by state. Based on first-hand experience working with companies that face compliance challenges,…
Ohio man pleads not guilty before federal judge on ‘Anonymous’ hacker threats against U. Pitt
Joe Mandack of AP reports: An Ohio man charged with conspiracy for allegedly claiming to be part of the computer hacking group “Anonymous” and posting a YouTube threat to release confidential computer information belonging to the University of Pittsburgh pleaded not guilty on Tuesday. Alexander Waterland, 24, of Loveland, Ohio, and his attorney declined comment after his…
AZ: Woman admits identity theft at Oro Valley medical office
Kim Smith reports: A local woman admitted Monday that she stole the identities of 15 patients while working at an Oro Valley oncology office. Veronica Astorga Carmona could receive probation when sentenced next month or between two and 8.75 years in prison. On June 25, a cancer patient gave his Visa credit card to Carmona…
Info for 55,000 patients and employees stolen from Cancer Care Group in Indianapolis after computer bag with group's backup left in employee's car
Jill Disis reports: Information on 55,000 patients and employees at an Indianapolis-based cancer center practice is missing. A spokesman for Cancer Care Group, 6100 W. 96th St., confirmed today that someone stole a computer bag belonging to a Cancer Care Group employee on July 19. The bag contained information such as names, birth dates, social…
More services should fall within scope of EU security breach rules, ENISA says
The European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) said that LinkedIn and Research In Motion (RIM) were examples of businesses that had not been subject to EU laws on security breaches when they both experienced incidents within the past year. Currently EU laws require that firms that provide “public communications networks or electronic communications services”…
10 Greater Cleveland residents charged with bank fraud, identity theft
Donna J. Miller reports: Ten people from Greater Cleveland are accused of stealing a total of $207,000 from six banks in a scheme that involved an assistant bank manager and a salesman who supplied local businesses with cash registers and credit card machines. They were charged Friday with bank fraud and aggravated identity theft based…