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Data leak exposes pensioners’ personal information
Posted on September 14th, 2010 No commentsLast week some 22,000 retired Delaware governmental employees opened innocuous looking letters informing them, in boldface type, that their Social Security numbers were posted on the Internet for four days, viewable to anyone in the world including those who would use the information to commit fraud.
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Email containing employee Social Security numbers inadvertently sent to 144 ASU addresses
Posted on September 14th, 2010 No commentsArkansas State University data loss incident circa 2010-08-30
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Adobe Releases Security Advisory for Flash Player
Posted on September 14th, 2010 No comments(added September 14, 2010) A full-content feed is available at http://www.us-cert.gov/current/index.atom
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Bogus Debt Collectors Impersonating Bank Regulators
Posted on September 14th, 2010 No commentsThey've impersonated lawyers, police officers, private investigators and agents for a number of different payday lenders. Now these scammers try to convince their victims they work for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). So far, it's one of the fastest-growing scams of 2010.
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ABA continues to fight inclusion of attorneys in groups regulated by red flag rules
Posted on September 14th, 2010 No commentsOn August 20, 2010, the American Bar Association filed a brief in D.C. Circuit Court responding to FTC claims that lawyers should be required to comply with the “red flag” rules requiring financial institutions and creditors to develop and maintain identity theft prevention programs.
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Hospital Fined $250,000 For Not Reporting Data Breach
Posted on September 14th, 2010 No commentsLucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford University has been fined $250,000 by California health officials for failing to report a patient records breach as of April 23, apparently linked to the theft of a hospital computer.
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On the Insider Threat, PCI and Risk Management
Posted on September 14th, 2010 No commentsLet me share with you some highlights of recent podcast interviews I've conducted on the insider threat, PCI compliance and risk management.
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1,700 Patient'S Medical Records Were Accessed By Employee
Posted on September 14th, 2010 No commentsMayo Clinic data loss incident circa 2010-09-09
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A Breakthrough In The Contactless Payment Chicken-and-Egg Dance?
Posted on September 14th, 2010 No commentsContactless payments have been stuck in a chicken-and-egg loop for years: Customers don't use contactless payment cards or NFC-equipped smartphones, so retailers don't see the need to install equipment and promote its use. And without lots of their favorite retailers deploying contactless, consumers have no reason to take it seriously. But on August 31, Cimbal launched a contactless payment system that may finally crack that hardware dilemma—and it may reduce the PCI risk associated with those mobile payments by keeping that data out of retail files.
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80 teachers and administrators Social Security numbers inadvertently published on the web
Posted on September 14th, 2010 No commentsCorona-Norco Unified School District data loss incident circa 2010-09-11
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