Regular readers know how I hate it when companies are not sufficiently transparent about breaches, – where “sufficiently” is defined by MY standards and not just what the law may require. So when Epsilon didn’t provide a list of affected clients, this blog compiled our own list with the help of readers and affected consumers. And…
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How many were affected by ADPI-Intermedix breach: help track this breach
As I had done with the Epsilon breach on DataBreaches.net, I’ve decided to devote a blog post to tracking organizations affected by the Advanced Data Processing (ADPI) breach. The San Francisco Chronicle reported that there were “27 agencies in 17 states whose patients may have had personal information stolen.” As you’ll see below, that does…
Lawmakers Release Information About How Data Brokers Handle Consumers’ Personal Information
From Rep. Ed Markey: A bipartisan group of lawmakers, including Reps. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Joe Barton (R-Texas), co-Chairmen of the Congressional Bi-Partisan Privacy Caucus, today released responses to letters sent to nine major data brokerage companies querying each about how it collects, assembles and sells consumer information to third parties. The companies –Acxiom,…
1300+ Sites hacked by Vicky-Cyber
content/images/gallery/random3/deface-and-hacked-by-vicky-cyber.png Towards the end of feb we did a post about a hacker who use’s the handle Vicky-Cyber, the hacker had defaced a small amount of sites. Well now they have contacted us via a comment and posted a pastebin dump of 1300+ further sites that have been defaced. The sites which belong to a…
Breach Notification: Time for a Wake Up Call
Mark G. McCreary has an article on CIO Insight, “Breach Notification: Time for a Wake Up Call,” that discusses how the Epsilon breach produced a seismic change in what kinds of breaches now get reported. You can read his article here.
This morning in Congress: markup of the Secure and Fortify Electronic (SAFE) Data Act
From Representative Mary Bono Mack: Responding to concerns over recent cyber attacks and other data breaches, Rep. Mary Bono Mack (CA-45) has introduced legislation to ensure American consumers are appropriately protected from data theft. H.R. 2577, the Secure and Fortify Electronic (SAFE) Data Act, requires reasonable security policies and procedures to protect personal information, and…