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Data Breach
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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Predictions for Intrusions and Scams in 2020
The predictions set forth in Experian’s Seventh Annual Data Breach Industry Forecast make sense and are worth a read. We are starting to see these types of intrusions and scams,…
Your IT Consultant
Chrome Warns if Your Password is Part of a Data Breach
By John Simek
Sorry to say that it appears data breaches are now a way of life. It seems like we hear about a breach at least once a week if not more…
Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report
Maryland Again Amends its Data Breach Notification Law
By Joseph J. Lazzarotti, Maya Atrakchi
In response to trends, heightened public awareness, and a string of large-scale data breaches, states continue to enhance their data breach notification laws. In 2017, Maryland amended its Personal Information Protection…
Ride the Lightning
Microsoft Security Reveals Password Issues Affecting 44 Million Users
On December 6, Forbes carried a post indicating that, after analyzing a database containing 3 billion leaked credentials from security breaches, the Microsoft threat research team determined more than 44…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Medicare Beneficiary Cards of 220,000 Individuals Compromised
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) has announced that approximately 220,000 Medicare beneficiaries’ card numbers have been compromised “by an unknown person or organization.” That means CMS doesn’t know…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
On the Border Restaurant Suffers Data Breach
Last week, the Tex-Mex restaurant chain On the Border suffered a data breach that impacted its payment acceptance systems in 27 states. The restaurant says that some credit card information…
Minding Your Business
Data Breaches and Damages: Consumer Action Under the CCPA
With less than one month to go before the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018’s (“CCPA”) effective date of January 1, 2020, businesses should be aware of the potential litigation…
Password Protected
Effective Incident Response Requires Good Cyber Exercise—Is Your Company in Shape?
For years, corporate boards have hired third-party companies to conduct financial audits to assure that there is no fraud or other breaches of fiduciary responsibility by management. Cyber risks should…
Health Law Diagnosis
Texas Health and Human Services Fined $1.6 Million for HIPAA Violations
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced that it has fined the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (TXHHS) $1.6 million for HIPAA violations. This is one of the few…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
2.2 Million GateHub and RuneScape Passwords Compromised
It has been reported by Troy Hunt, the security researcher who provides the "Have I Been Pwned" free breach notification service, that 1.4 million passwords and personal information of customers…