Chris Megerian reports that the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development notified about 28,000 unemployed residents that their personal information may have been compromised due to a clerical error that may have sent their Social Security numbers to employers for whom they did not work.
Proposed settlement in Olive Garden FACTA lawsuit
Sandra Pedicini of the Associated Press reports that a tentative settlement in a class action lawsuit against Olive Garden for breaching a requirement of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act has been reached . The settlement would require the restaurant to provide a $9 appetizer voucher to anyone who ate at Olive Garden between…
Bits ‘n Pieces
In the justice system: Vicky L. Munn, a former supervisor with the St. Tammany District Attorney’s Office and Todd Kelly, a local private investigator, were each sentenced to three years’ probation for conspiracy to exceed authorized access to a governmental computer. According to court records, Munn sold over 48 criminal records to Kelly between 2003…
'Kramer' Is In The Building
So you hope your security is up to snuff? Here’s a situation bound to induce headaches…. My firm, Secure Network Technologies, was recently hired by a large healthcare provider to perform a security assessment. As part of the job, my partner, Bob Clary, posed as an employee, similar to the “Seinfeld” episode in which Kramer…
TN: “Thousands” Of Medical Records Discovered In Recycling Bin (update 1)
A second breach involving patient records reported in Chattanooga this week, and it also involves paper records: Derek Dellinger of NewsChannel9 reports that customers at a recycling center found hundreds of medical records thrown into the trash for anyone to see. Officers on scene told the reporter that the records included patients from hospitals to…
ID theft lawsuit filed in China
Lawsuits in the U.S. are a dime a dozen, but here’s a lawsuit filed over an identity theft case in China that I linked to earlier this week: Luo Caixia, a student of Tianjin Normal University whose identity was stolen by her classmate to enter another university, has launched a lawsuit to demand compensation and…