A new report from Verizon Business shows that following industry security standards can dramatically reduce such incidents. In a first-of-its-kind “Verizon Payment Card Industry Compliance Report,” the company examined compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), which was created in 2006 to protect cardholder data and reduce credit card fraud. Company…
Hackers Steal $600,000 from Brigantine, NJ
Brian Krebs reports: Organized cyber thieves took roughly $600,000 from the coastal city of Brigantine, New Jersey this week after stealing the city’s online banking credentials. The break-in marks the second time this year that hackers have robbed the coffers of an Atlantic County town: In March, a similar attack struck Egg Harbor Township, N.J., which lost…
Anonymized health IT data still traceable, House panel warned
More coverage of the risks of de-identified patient data being reidentified. David Perera reports: As electronic health records start to become pervasive in physician practices–thanks in no small measure to federal incentives–there’s a growing worry that electronically-collected health data could violate individual privacy, even when the data has been stripped of personally identifiable information. Testifying…
Veterans Affairs ‘broken,’ says advocate concerned with privacy breach
David Pugliese reports: Sean Bruyea may not seem like an enemy of the state but when he leafs through the 14,000 pages of documents that Veterans Affairs Canada compiled on him, he sometimes gets that impression. Veterans Affairs bureaucrats monitored the Ottawa man’s media appearances and his advocacy activities before Parliament, in which he called…
CO: Does New DNA Law Violate Privacy?
Marshall Zelinger reports (emphasis added by me): It may not be until the middle of October when we find out if the state’s new DNA law can help solve any cold cases. At 12:01 a.m. Thursday, law enforcement could begin getting a DNA sample from anyone arrested and suspected of a felony. Prior to Thursday,…
AZ: Judge denies use of victim's medical records in upcoming murder trial
Ben Backhaus reports on a case where the judge has already had to weigh the privacy of medical records of the deceased vs. the right of the defense to put on its defense: Jeffrey Martinson’s defense counsel will have to dig deeper for evidence after Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Sally Duncan rejected its request…