What on earth is going on with all these Veterans Administration data breaches? OCR just added another VA breach to its web site, again out of Texas. The description doesn’t match the breaches that Representative Buyer recently talked about in Congress, which were also from facilities in Texas: VA North Texas Health Care System…
Reports of San Antonio restaurant hacks may be overblown
When Aldaco’s Stone Oak on Sonterra Blvd. in San Antonio revealed that it had been hacked by someone believed to be overseas, owner Blanca Aldaco stated that they used the most current versions of the Aloha POS by Radiant Systems. Rumors started swirling shortly thereafter that a number of restaurants in the tight-knit restaurant community…
DE: Man admits using IDs of children in fraud scheme
Sean O’Sullivan reports on an ID theft spree that started low-tech and became more sophisticated: A Bear man admitted today to stealing more than 93 Social Security numbers — most belonging to children — to fraudulently obtain more than 340 credit cards and steal $1 million to $2.5 million. Lord Joseph H.M. Aughenbaugh, 41, who…
Webinar: Ready for Data Breaches under the HITECH Act?
Webinar: Ready for Data Breaches under the HITECH Act? Thursday, May 27, 2010 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. PST Carrying Out Security Breach Incident Risk Assessments Mandated for Covered Entities The HITECH Act requires HIPAA covered entities to carry out a careful risk assessment, including an evaluation of potential harm, for every potential data breach…
Wells Fargo reports two insider breaches in 6-month period
Although it seems to have flown under the mainstream media radar, Wells Fargo reported at least two breaches involving insider wrongdoing in a six-month period. On November 12, 2009, its subsidiary, Wells Fargo Advisors (WFA) advised the New York State Consumer Protection Board that when a stock broker for Wachovia Security left the firm in…
Firms not required to inform victims of privacy breach under new rules
Sarah Schmidt reports: Companies can decide whether to tell their customers when they lose their personal information or hackers steal it, according to legislation tabled Tuesday by the Conservative government. The proposed amendments to Canada’s private sector privacy law will require banks, retailers and other companies to inform Canada’s privacy watchdog if they’ve experienced a…