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Data Breach
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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Partners HealthCare Hit with Phishing Expedition Exposing 3,300 Patient Records
Late last week, Partners HealthCare announced that it notified approximately 3,300 patients of a security breach involving a hacking incident where intruders accessed medical and personal information of patients. Partners…
Internet, IT & e-Discovery
Oh No! Your Lawyer’s Been Hacked (Probably You Too!) – 11 Sure Signs of Hacking and What to do!
By Peter Vogel
InfoWorld’s recently reported that no one is safe, neither lawyers nor clients because in “today’s threatscape, antivirus software provides little piece of mind,…and hackers still reach us on a regular…
The Faculty Lounge
Call For Papers: The Current State Of Cybersecurity
This just in: Cybersecurity has become a critical national security and corporate security problem in the last fifteen years. Examples include hackings of the Pentagon, SONY, Target, JPMorgan Chase, Home…
HIPAA & Health Information Technology
Phishing for PHI
[caption id="attachment_1923" align="alignright" width="300"] Copyright: / 123RF Stock Photo[/caption] Two recently reported breaches of hospital data affecting thousands of patients highlight the prevalence, and apparent success, of phishing attacks. Boston-based…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Target proposed settlement with MasterCard faces opposition
We previously reported that Target and MasterCard had entered into a proposed $19 million settlement to reimburse card issuers for expenses related to the re-issuance of credit and debit cards…
Healthcare Law Insights
Data Security for Employer Health Plans Post-Anthem
By Peter Sloan
The Anthem breach sent alarm waves through the health care industry and the employer health plan community. With 78.8 million affected individuals for Anthem and 11 million for the companion…
Byte Back
Another notch in the hacking holster: Cyber outlaws hit Anthem hard
By Pete Enko
Having no need to brandish bandanas to obscure identity or firearms to force entry, cyber bandits, in a sophisticated and well-orchestrated robbery, waltzed into the IT vaults of Anthem, the…
Data Protection Report
NLRB asserts employers must bargain with unions on breach response
The U.S. National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recently filed complaints against the United States Postal Service (USPS), alleging that the USPS violated the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) by failing…
The Faculty Lounge
Chapman Law Review Symposium on Cybersecurity CFP
I received an email recently announcing the Chapman Law Review's symposium on Cybersecurity. Cribbing now from the CFP: Cybersecurity has become a critical national security and corporate security problem in…
Internet, IT & e-Discovery
Clouds Are Not Really Very Safe! – Here are 9 Security Threats Everyone Needs to Understand
By Peter Vogel
A report from the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) explained how the cloud is not as safe as many people think it is based on “nine major categories of threats that face…