Kate Hagan reports: One of the world’s biggest drug companies has been accused of paying Australian pharmacists to promote some of its best-selling drugs, in a controversial deal that has divided the profession. Pfizer pays pharmacies a $7 ”administration fee” for each patient signed up to so-called support programs that involve the drug company providing…
Former UPMC Shadyside employee sentenced – sort of
Here’s a follow-up on a breach previously reported. Today’s Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports: Paul C. Pepala, 35, of Monroeville, was sentenced Thursday to one year of probation for disclosing to others information from the files of 19 UPMC Shadyside patients. Mr. Pepala, a Zambian man who is a permanent resident of the U.S., was working as…
NC: Stolen ID allegations at Robeson shelter investigated
John Ramsey reports: Lumberton police say they are investigating allegations that the director of a battered women’s shelter stole the identities of six employees before she was fired Monday. Christine Fuller was hired in July as executive director of the Southeastern Family Violence Center. Center board member Ken Windley said Fuller falsified her credentials to…
Seoul Matchmaker’s Hard Drive Stolen, 1500 Affected
AlertBoot reports on a case for which I find no English-language media coverage, so I’m quoting their summary of the breach: Matchmakers in Korea require a lot of information to find out if people are compatible, as must be the case for matchmakers around the globe. So, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that the…
UK: Data breaches ‘up 58%’
Matt Warman reports: Data security breaches have risen by 58 per cent in the last year, the Information Commissioner has revealed. Christopher Graham said that although businesses are taking the protection of their customers’ data more seriously, in fact more breaches were being reported and fewer than half of all individuals believe companies treat personal…
Financial Tracking Technologies denies any breach involving SEC staff brokerage data
Because reputation is important and because I covered accusations by the SEC that their contractor, Financial Tracking Technologies, LLC, improperly disclosed staff personal stock account data to a subcontractor or subcontractors, it seems only right to publish FTT’s response denying the allegations: With respect to the notice that the SEC provided to employees, Financial Tracking…