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AHA Endorses ‘Risk Threshold’ in HHS’ Data-Breach Notification Rule
Posted on October 28th, 2009 No commentsIn a comment letter sent to HHS officials, the American Hospital Association said it supports the inclusion of a “risk threshold” in the department’s interim final rule on health data breach notification, Health Data Management reports.
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Facebook password-reset spam is Bredolab botnet attack
Posted on October 28th, 2009 No commentsVirus hunters are raising the alarm for a large-scale spam attack that uses fake Facebook password-reset messages to trick PC users into downloading a dangerous piece of malware.
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Bill shielding some lawyers from FTC ‘red flag rule’ headed to Senate
Posted on October 28th, 2009 No commentsA bill to exclude some lawyers from the Federal Trade Commission’s anti-identity theft “red flag rule” has passed the U.S.
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Consuming Interests: Beware of Fake FDIC E-Mails
Posted on October 28th, 2009 No commentsThe FDIC wants you to know it’s not writing you. The agency that insures bank deposits warns that someone is sending out e-mails that appear to be from the FDIC asking people to check their insurance coverage
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68,000 CalOptima Members at Risk in Data Breach
Posted on October 28th, 2009 No commentsAs many as 68,000 members of CalOptima, the Medicaid plan for Orange County, California, may be at risk of identity theft and fraud after several CDs containing their personal information disappeared while in transit, the agency reported.
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Breach exposes SSN numbers
Posted on October 28th, 2009 No commentsA serious data breach exposed the social security numbers of 2,920 people when 40 computers in the University of Wisconsin chemistry department were hacked over the last 18 months.
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Breach exposes SSN numbers
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