Massive data breach hits US health insurer, 3.7m customers warned
“Yet another high-profile cyber attack has made waves across America, with health insurer Banner Health warning 3.7 million customers that their data may have been stolen. The data breach was discovered on July 7 2016, after Banner Health identified that cyber-attackers may have compromised computer systems that process payment card data at food and beverage […]
Data breaches galore: state health dept., two schools, grocery chain hit
“A state agency, two educational institutions, and a grocery chain fell victim to a wave of separate data breaches that swept the southern states and California.” CHECK OUT THE FULL ARTICLE >> Author: Robert Abel
Information Tech Co. Can’t Shake Data Breach Suit
“An Alabama federal judge refused on Thursday to toss a proposed class action against software company Innovak International brought by residents who allege the company knew at least two years ago about the weaknesses in its system’s security…” CHECK OUT THE FULL ARTICLE >> Author: Kat Sieniuc, Law360
Advocate Health Care to pay $5.6 million for potential HIPAA violations, the largest settlement yet for a single entity
“After multiple potential HIPAA violations involving electronic protected health information, Illinois-based Advocate Health Care Network has settled with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Civil Rights for $5.55 million.” CHECK OUT THE FULL ARTICLE >> Author: Jessica Davis
Exclusive: Clinton campaign also hacked in attacks on Democrats
“The computer network used by Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s campaign was hacked as part of a broad cyber attack on Democratic political organizations, people familiar with the matter told Reuters.” Malware was in the DNC systems for over a year, sitting undetected while relaying emails and all sorts of documents and data. They only […]
A Leak Wounded This Company. Fighting the Feds Finished It Off
” That Tuesday, LabMD’s general manager came in to tell Daugherty about a call he’d just fielded from a man named Robert Boback. Boback claimed to have gotten hold of a file full of LabMD patient information. This was scary for a medical business that had to comply with federal rules on privacy, enshrined in the […]
Top Story: New data breach spans 17 states
“Ever since the huge data breach at Target in 2014, it seems that news comes in nearly every day about another big company that got hacked. The list has become pretty lengthy. It started with Target, expanded to Home Depot, J.P. Morgan, Jimmy Johns, Wendy’s, P.F. Chang’s … the list has grown too lengthy to count.” CHECK OUT […]
DNC’s Hacked Email Server Tops List of New Data Breaches
“It’s hard to say exactly where the theft of some 20,000 emails from the Democratic National Committee (DNC) fits into the total number of 538 data breaches so far recorded in 2016. What we can say is that it probably has gotten more news coverage than any other breach this year. The latest data breach […]
Researchers Struggle to Determine True Cost of Data Breaches
“Depending on the estimate, the average data breach can cost a company $7 million or $150 million. Why are data breach costs so difficult to estimate? In May, tucked away in its quarterly filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission, retail giant Target updated its running total of the cost of its 2013 holiday season […]
Average South Carolinian affected by more than 1 data breach since 2011
“The average South Carolinian has had their information stolen more than once. That’s the finding of a recent report by the state Department of Consumer Affairs, which found that at least 7.6 million South Carolinians have been affected by data breaches in the last five years.“ CHECK OUT THE FULL ARTICLE >> Author: Thad Moore, […]