IT Governance

APRIL 9, 2024

Other databases contained health insurance data, such as patents’ names, dates of birth, addresses and medical data. EyeCare Services Partners exposes more 3.5 The biggest database in the blob contained 3.1 million patients and 1.6 million unique Social Security numbers. Source (New) Manufacturing USA Yes 1.1

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IT Governance

MARCH 11, 2024

Source (New) Finance USA Yes 3,494 Woodruff Sawyer Source (New) Insurance USA Yes 3,087 Blackburn College Source (New) Education USA Yes 3,039 CAIRE Inc. US Attorneys General write to Meta about account takeovers New York Attorney General Letitia James has led a bipartisan coalition of 41 attorneys general, writing to Meta Platforms, Inc.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

John Bernard , the subject of a story here last week about a self-proclaimed millionaire investor who has bilked countless tech startups , appears to be a pseudonym for John Clifton Davies , a U.K. A review of business records tied to Davies’ phony insolvency consulting businesses between 2007 and 2013 provides some additional pointers.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

On October 19, 2023, KrebsOnSecurity shared a copy of this file with the real USinfoSearch, along with a request for information about the provenance of the data. In 2013, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that an identity fraud service in the underground called “ SuperGet[.]info

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Another small firm suffers a serious ransomware attack: Cadre Services gets mauled by AlphV Date of breach: 19 September 2013 (AlphV uploaded first part of data to its website on 19 October 2023). D-Link Corporation Provides Details about an Information Disclosure Security Incident Date of breach: 2 October 2023. million (about £1.55

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Data Privacy Privacy Security Data breaches 107

Hunton Privacy

JANUARY 16, 2021

The Court held that OCR’s civil monetary penalty for alleged violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) Privacy Rule and HIPAA Security Rule was “arbitrary, capricious, and otherwise unlawful.”. OCR investigated and imposed the $4.3 Read the court’s holding here.

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Encryption Privacy Insurance Security 71

Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

In 2013, Kurittu worked on investigation involving Kivimaki’s use of the Zbot botnet, among other activities Kivimaki engaged in as a member of the hacker group Hack the Planet. “According to Vastaamo, Tapio concealed information about the data breach for more than a year and a half.”

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IT Governance

APRIL 22, 2024

Cloud, FL Source (Update) Public USA Yes 719,597 Regulator Marine Inc Source (New) Manufacturing USA Yes 630 GB Risas Dental and Braces Source 1 ; source 2 (New) Healthcare USA Yes 618,189 HUB International Source (New) Insurance USA Yes 514,477 Lee University Source 1 ; source 2 (New) Education USA Yes 387.49

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Data Privacy Privacy Manufacturing Security 52

Security Affairs

MAY 3, 2021

The APT also returns for each consumer up to four “risk factors,” which are sensitive information about his habits. If we let them know about the specific endpoint, they can just ban/work with the loan vendor to block these requests on this one case, which doesn’t fix the systemic problem,” Demirkapi told to KrebOnSecurity.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 30, 2021

Imagine waking up each morning knowing the identities of thousands of people who are about to be mugged for thousands of dollars each. “It’s so much information that they really don’t want it anymore and they’re not doing anything about it,” BWare said of FedEx and the USPS. How frustrated would you be?

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

In 2013, Adam Markowitz founded Portfolium, an edtech startup that matched college students and graduates with employers. “I The result is that Rackspace shares plunged by about a third. In the case of Lemonade – an online insurance company – it spent over 200 hours on the process.

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The Security Ledger

APRIL 27, 2021

Episode 210: Moving The Goal Posts On Vendor Transparency: A Conversation With Intel’s Suzy Greenberg Episode 208: Getting Serious about Hardware Supply Chains with Goldman Sachs’ Michael Mattioli. . » Related Stories Episode 211: Scrapin’ ain’t Hackin’ Or is it? Waiting for Federal Data Privacy Reform?

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Data breaches Big data Retail Insurance 52

HL Chronicle of Data Protection

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

This post discusses litigation exposure that businesses collecting personal information about California consumers should consider in the wake of the California Legislature’s passage of the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA). 11-16351, 2013 WL 98554, at *1 (9th Cir. Bank of America, N.A. , Fireman’s Fund Ins. Ass’n , No.

Privacy 81

Privacy Data breaches Insurance IT 81

ARMA International

APRIL 28, 2022

I have been a member of the OAR staff at the ANO since March 2013. The plan was to meet the insurance coordinator at the Howard Avenue office at 8:30 a.m. I was aware that I would need documentation on damage and losses for insurance and internal purposes. The insurance coordinator proposed stabilizing in place.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

9 million records breached through decade-long data leak A former temporary employee of a subsidiary of NTT West (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corp) illegally accessed about 9 million personal data records over the course of a decade (2013 to 2023). Breached records: about 9 million.

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Data Privacy Privacy Energy and Utilities Data breaches 52

Data Matters

JUNE 9, 2021

The Notice further states that the data will never be shared with marketing or insurance companies. In turn, it is hoped that the additional two months provided will enable discussions with patients and the public, to make sure they can make an informed decision about how their data will be used.

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Healthcare Data collection Personal data GDPR 79

eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 9, 2022

are subject to laws such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (the HITECH Act), as well as regulations such as the Clinical Laboratory Improvements Amendments (CLIA). billion (then the equivalent of about $2.7

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Data Privacy Compliance Privacy Security 145

eDiscovery Daily

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Lee: FFS, an insurance broker, requested the production of all written communication after the defendants violated their contract by sharing company information after termination. Develop policies about business messaging. Consequently, attorney fees were issued, and the case was terminated. Text Message Do’s. 4] Anthony J.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Office of Personnel Management , I’ve had insurance coverage from Premera Blue Cross and I’ve stayed at the Marriott Marquis in San Francisco. The Starwood hack appears to come in second in scale only to the 2013 Yahoo breac h, which affected as many as 3 billion accounts, while a subsequent Yahoo breach also hit 500 million accounts.

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Adam Levin

MAY 19, 2021

Demirkapi believes this loophole may indicate cause for more general concern about the way Experian protects consumer information. Experian, 2013 – 2015: Hackers stole a trove of information from T-Mobile customers whose data had passed through Experian to check credit there and open a new account.

Risk 87

Risk Data breaches Cybersecurity Insurance 87

Hunton Privacy

AUGUST 10, 2017

Circuit reversed the dismissal of a putative data breach class action against health insurer CareFirst, Attias v. The court’s opinion also identified allegations of “medical identity theft” that was possible with the theft of health insurance subscriber ID numbers alone. CareFirst, Inc. , 16-7108, slip op. Amnesty Int’l USA , 568 U.S.

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Insurance Data breaches Risk Access 40

CGI

JANUARY 22, 2016

I previously blogged about the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) agreed as European legislation in December 2015. Therefore: It has also created the cyber insurance industry which aims to provide policies to mitigate against some of the financial impact of such breaches. Fri, 01/22/2016 - 04:18. Add new comment.

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Hunton Privacy

MAY 9, 2013

On May 7, 2013, the Federal Trade Commission announced that it issued letters to ten data broker companies warning that their practices could violate prohibitions against selling consumer information under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”).

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Insurance Privacy Personal data IT 40

The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 15, 2019

Its core attraction for criminals is that it is about as direct a channel to illicitly-garnered cash as any conman could dream up – few middlemen required. insurance giant Beazley Worldwide reported that the average ransomware demand in 2018 was more than $116,000, a figure admittedly skewed by some very large demands.

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HL Chronicle of Data Protection

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

This post discusses litigation exposure that businesses collecting personal information about California consumers should consider in the wake of the California Legislature’s passage of the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA). 11-16351, 2013 WL 98554, at *1 (9th Cir. Bank of America, N.A. , Fireman’s Fund Ins. Ass’n , No.

Privacy 40

Privacy Data breaches Insurance IT 40

HL Chronicle of Data Protection

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

This post discusses litigation exposure that businesses collecting personal information about California consumers should consider in the wake of the California Legislature’s passage of the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA). 11-16351, 2013 WL 98554, at *1 (9th Cir. Bank of America, N.A. , Fireman’s Fund Ins. Ass’n , No.

Privacy 40

Privacy Data breaches Insurance IT 40

Hunton Privacy

JULY 8, 2013

On June 28, 2013, the Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (“FDPIC”) issued its 20th annual Report of Activities (the “Report”), highlighting the FDPIC’s main activities during the period from April 2012 to March 2013. Health Insurance Providers. For example: Monitoring of Social Media. Employee Monitoring.

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IT Personal data Insurance Analytics 40

AIIM

JANUARY 23, 2020

Unsurprisingly, "Predictive Policing" systems designed to detect potential patterns in criminal activity to allow police to prioritize resources or even intervene in time, have come under similar concerns about bias and lack of transparency. What Can We Do About Biased AI? Benefits Entitlement.

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Insurance Risk Government Artificial Intelligence 111

ChiefTech

APRIL 7, 2013

Jive''s Getting Serious With Social Business dinner, evening of the 10th April - this event will feature ACE Insurance, NBNCo, REA Group, Commonwealth Bank of Australia and PwC. If you can''t make Sydney, they will be in Melbourne in June. Government 2.0 Government 2.0 If you are attending any of these events, don''t forget to say hello.'

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Insurance Communications Government 46

eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

A ransomware attack is about as bad as a cyber attack can get. Raising awareness about ransomware is a baseline security measure. As ransomware keeps at its current pace, we see a boom in cyber insurance sales (see Ransomware Insurance: Cyber Insurance May Be the Best Protection ). Description. Staff Awareness.

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eDiscovery Daily

JANUARY 9, 2019

Merryday sustained the defendant’s objection to an order requiring the defendant to produce all documentation related to do-not-call requests received between September 2012 and June 2013 and also required the plaintiff to move for class certification by April 13. Farmers Insurance Exchange , Missouri District Judge Rodney W.

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e-Discovery Metadata Insurance Privacy 48

Hunton Privacy

JUNE 20, 2014

Cryptolocker, which first appeared in 2013, encrypts the computer files of its victims and forces victims to pay a ransom to unlock the files. Read our previous blog entry about Gameover Zeus and how cyber insurance may help mitigate risks posed by malware. Read the FTC’s Consumer Information blog post.

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Insurance Encryption Risk Security 40

Hunton Privacy

JULY 20, 2011

The Hong Kong Privacy Commissioner has issued a document soliciting comments regarding a proposal to require a wide range of data users to submit information about their activities to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data. Additional information can be found on the Hong Kong Privacy Commissioner’s website.

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Privacy Personal data Insurance IT 40

KnowBe4

JUNE 6, 2023

No other initial root cause comes close (unpatched software and firmware is a distant second being involved in about 33% of attacks). Everyone needs to know about this fact and react accordingly. Learn more about the SACP Exam. This is that fact: ".spear spear phishing attacks that use personalized messages. make up only 0.1%

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John Battelle's Searchblog

APRIL 21, 2014

Matt Ingram takes a strong POV on recent moves by the Internet giants to insure shareholders don’t have much power. A very well done article “experience” about the future and present of streaming music. The Truth About Google X: An Exclusive Look Behind The Secretive Lab’s Closed Doors – Fast Company.

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Insurance IT 82

Hunton Privacy

APRIL 12, 2013

On April 9, 2013, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit held that the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) preempted a Florida law regarding the disclosure of patient records by nursing homes.

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Privacy Insurance 40

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

DECEMBER 7, 2017

The “Google You Owe Us” website indicates that the claimant has however arranged for the third party funder to take out After the Event Insurance so that the insurer pays the winning side’s costs in such circumstances. In 2013, a Morrisons employee posted an edited version of Morrisons’ payroll file online.

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