Patients at The Smile Center in St. Paul, Minnesota don’t have much to smile about this week. Bill Keller reports on another disturbing breach – one that reportedly occurred four months ago but victims are first being notified now: Delta Dental is announcing that personal information used in a lawsuit between the company and a…
MN: Delta Dental Disk with The Smile Center Patient Data on It Stolen Months Ago; No One Notified Patients?! (update1)
Patients at The Smile Center in St. Paul, Minnesota don’t have much to smile about this week. Bill Keller reports on another disturbing breach – one that reportedly occurred four months ago but victims are first being notified now: Delta Dental is announcing that personal information used in a lawsuit between the company and a…
Three National Data Breach Notification Legislative Proposals Issued
Craig Hoffman writes: So far this month, three legislative proposals containing a national data breach notification requirement have been issued. On May 4, Rep. Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill.) reintroduced the Data Accountability and Trust Act. On May 11, Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.) introduced the Data Accountability and Trust Act (DATA) of 2011. One day later, the White…
IN: Thieves may have taken medical records
Okay, here’s a disturbing news item from WISH-TV: Speedway Police say a burglar broke into a storage barn behind the Comfort Dental Offices at 2955 North High School Road, stealing a bicycle and maybe even medical records of dental patients. According to information from police, the intruder broke into the barn late Monday night. Officers…
Kr: Hacker steals customer data from small brokerage
An unidentified hacker has broken into the computer system of a small South Korean brokerage house to steal the firm’s customer data, the financial regulator said Thursday, adding concerns over financial firms’ computer security maintenance. The Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) said the hacker infiltrated the computer server of Leading Investment & Securities Co. and stole…
(follow-up) Kr: Regulator plans to discipline Hyundai Capital over hacking
A Hyundai Capital data breach disclosed in April is resulting in consequences from South Korea’s financial regulator. Yonhap News Agency reports: South Korea’s financial regulator decided Wednesday to punish Hyundai Capital Services Inc. for lax computer system maintenance, which led to a major hacking attack at the biggest local consumer finance firm. The Financial Supervisory…