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OCR Releases Improved Data Breach Reporting Tool

Hunton Privacy

Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) announced the release of an updated web tool that highlights recent data breaches of health information. Entities covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) are required to notify OCR when they experience a data breach.

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Report: Unknown Data Breach Exposes 80 Million US Households

Security Affairs

This scenario is just the tip of the iceberg. Our researchers felt that downloading it would be an ethical breach , as they would then illegally own personally identifiable data sets without peoples’ consent. Why This Data Breach is Different. SecurityAffairs – US Households, Data leak). Pierluigi Paganini.

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DOL Puts Plan Sponsors and Other Fiduciaries on Notice: ERISA Requires Appropriate Precautions to Mitigate Cybersecurity Threats

Data Matters

This development indicates that sponsors and fiduciaries may soon be subject to focused scrutiny over their cybersecurity practices in DOL investigations and adds to the multiple existing sources of cybersecurity legal risk in the wake of data breaches or insufficient cybersecurity controls.

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What’s a Lawyer’s Duty When a Data Breach Occurs within the Law Firm: Cybersecurity Best Practices

eDiscovery Daily

When I spoke at the University of Florida E-Discovery Conference last month, there was a question from the live stream audience about a lawyer’s duty to disclose a data breach within his or her law firm. Janik’s article covers stopping the breach, restoring systems and determination what happened and the cause.

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SEC Investigating Data Leak at First American Financial Corp.

Krebs on Security

Securities and Exchange Commissio n (SEC) is investigating a security failure on the Web site of real estate title insurance giant First American Financial Corp. The initial tip on that story came from Ben Shoval , a real estate developer based in Seattle. First American Financial Corp.

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How to Develop an Incident Response Plan

eSecurity Planet

Unfortunately for those of us indulging in wishful thinking, the likelihood and costs of data breaches continue to increase. The Ponemon Institute estimates that data breach costs rose to an average cost of $4.24 Tips for Effective Incident Response Preparation. Tips for Effective Incident Response Preparation.

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Security Blueprints of Many Companies Leaked in Hack of Swedish Firm Gunnebo

Krebs on Security

Acting on a tip from Milwaukee, Wis.-based In the video, the REvil representative stated that the most desirable targets for the group were agriculture companies, manufacturers, insurance firms, and law firms. The company has operations in 25 countries, more than 4,000 employees, and billions in revenue annually.