Things didn’t look great for Accretive back in January after they were sued by Minnesota for failure to protect patient confidentiality. But today they look even worse. Alexandra Tempus of AP reports that Accretive’s stock dropped 40% today after the AG released a 6-volume report on them.
Texas Error Exposed Over 13 Million Millions of Voters’ Social Security Numbers (updated)
I don’t know how he is on other issues, but Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is one of the most active AG’s when it comes to pursuing those who dump data or don’t secure it properly. I can only imagine how mortified he must be by this breach, which thankfully, could have been much worse…
Cryptic Studios uncovers old hack, notifies users
A reader alerted me to a breach notification he received from Perfect World subsidiary Cryptic Studios, a massively multiplayer online role-playing game developer. You can read the web version of their notice. The hack occurred in 2010 but was only first discovered now due to “increased security analysis.” The intruder reportedly accessed account names, handles,…
UK: Insecure websites to be named and shamed after checks
Mark Ward reports: Companies that do not do enough to keep their websites secure are to be named and shamed to help improve security. The list of good and bad sites will be published regularly by the non-profit Trustworthy Internet Movement (TIM). A survey carried out to launch the group found that more than 52%…
Oregon State Hospital + employee's car + unattended files = when the heck will people learn?!
The Oregon State Hospital today notified patients that printed documents containing protected patient information were among items stolen from an Oregon State Hospital supervisor’s car on Friday, April 13th. There were three sets of documents taken, two of which included protected patient information: 1. A printed list of the names, hospital identification numbers, treating physicians…
NAFCU Letter to Reps. Boehner and Pelosi on Cyber/Data Security
Via CUInsight, a letter that has some recommendations many readers might agree with: April 23, 2012 The Honorable John Boehner Speaker U.S. House of Representatives Washington, D.C. 20515 The Honorable Nancy Pelosi Minority Leader U.S. House of Representatives Washington, D.C. 20515 Re: Cyber Security and Data Security Dear Speaker Boehner and Minority Leader Pelosi:\ On…