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Student list containing names and Social Security numbers posted on the internet
Posted on November 1st, 2010 No commentsUniversity of Connecticut data loss incident circa 2010-10-27
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Connecticut department issues new data breach rules
Posted on September 23rd, 2010 No commentsThe Connecticut Insurance Department is requiring its licensees and registrants to report data breaches no later than five days after they happen. One reason is to make sure these businesses act quickly in resolving the matter while also informing affected consumers.
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Insurer Breach Affects Four States
Posted on November 20th, 2009 No commentsInsurer Health Net is reporting to insurance officials in four states the disappearance of a hard drive with protected health information of 1.5 million covered members. The reporting comes six months after the Los Angeles-based insurer learned the hard drive was missing. The data breach affects individuals in Arizona, Connecticut, New Jersey…
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1.5 Million Medical Files At Risk In Health Net Data Breach
Posted on November 19th, 2009 No commentsA hard drive with seven years of personal and medical information on about 1.5 million Health Net customers, including 446,000 in Connecticut, was lost six months ago and was first reported Wednesday, state and company officials said.
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Apple Releases Mac OS X v10.6.2 and Security Update 2009-006
Posted on November 10th, 2009 No comments(added November 10, 2009) A full-content feed is available at http://www.us-cert.gov/current/index.atom
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Law to stop identity theft postponed
Posted on November 10th, 2009 No commentsWill the Federal Trade Commission EVER enforce the 2003 federal law requiring 11 million businesses to combat identity theft?
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Apple delivers mammoth update, patches 58 bugs
Posted on November 10th, 2009 No commentsOne of today’s patches, which Apple labeled as affecting the Libsecurity component, had been patched a month ago by Microsoft in that company’s regular October security update.
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Data Breach Affects Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield
Posted on November 10th, 2009 No commentsAttorney General Richard Blumenthal is investigating why Anthem didn’t tell the Connecticut health care providers of the breach until nearly two months after it had happened.
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ID theft getting harder to stop
Posted on September 18th, 2009 No commentsWhatever tools an identity thief is using, whether Dumpster diving for individual credit card numbers, or stealing identities by the millions — “the damage that you can do to someone is exactly the same,” said Wayne Ivey, a Florida law enforcement officer who has specialized in identity theft investigations for more than 15 years. But this rapidly evolving crime is becoming more difficult to stop, Ivey said: Only one in 700 identity thieves is ever arrested.
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CT Legislative Session Roundup
Posted on September 18th, 2009 No commentsLawmakers passed a sweeping bill, SB 838, to better protect consumers form identity theft and enhance criminal prosecution of identity theft. The legislation increases protection of Connecticut residents’ personal information, corrects a shortcoming in our existing identity theft statute, and enhances the criminal penalties and enforcement…
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