by ID Experts
According to the Chinese zodiac, 2013 is the Year of the Snake. I predict that 2013 will be the Year of the Data Breach, at least in healthcare. According to the newly released Third Annual Benchmark Study on Patient Privacy & Data Security by Ponemon Institute, 94 percent of healthcare organizations surveyed suffered data breaches. … Continue Reading
by ITRC
The Identity Theft Resource Center has been receiving hundreds of calls regarding a specific data breach notification letter from a debt collection law firm in the state of Florida. The letter was sent to people who may have had their personally identifiable information (PII) exposed, detailing the cause of the exposure, the firm’s response, and some tips for people to protect themselves. … Continue Reading
by Denise Richardson
You’ve probably heard about the recent Yahoo data breach, in which upwards of 450,000 users had their email addresses and passwords stolen and leaked for hackers and identity thieves to do their worst with. It took Yahoo a few days to contact people whose information had been compromised even after news of the breach hit the Internet; to say that they dropped the ball would be an understatement. … Continue Reading
by Debra N. Diener J.D. CIPP G
This breach only gets worse — and we all need to keep an eye out for alerts from the banks that issue our credit and debit cards.
On March 30th and April 2nd, I wrote about the hackers who broke into Global Payments, Inc. systems and got access to credit and debit card numbers. Originally, Global Payments was alerting the banks that the hackers … Continue Reading
by Jim Malmberg
Hackers have always gravitated to large repositories that store consumer data. The payoff for successfully hacking into these data troves can be enormous for those who are successful, but devastating to victims who find their most personal information has been stolen. So it really shouldn’t come as any surprise that hackers are now targeting web sites that offer free credit reports. … Continue Reading
The Boston and Texas tragedies remind us that when disaster strikes, we are not always prepared to deal with the magnitude of the chaotic wake that follows such events in our communities … Continue Reading
Scammers are taking advantage of the standard emails sent by most office scanners. They have replicated the messages of famous printer brands but attach malware to the emails instead of documents.
How the Scam Works:
You are at work, and you receive a message from what you think is your office printer/scanner. It appears that someone sent you a copy of a scanned document. The name doesn’t ring a bell, but you open the attachment anyway.
When you click on the file, you find that it isn’t a scanned copy of the latest office report. It’s really a link to a third-party website that will download a virus to your computer. These viruses phish for personal and banking information on your machine. … Continue Reading
Recently, my mother-in-law discovered that a pretty significant piece of jewelry had gone missing. There had been a number of construction workers in the house for a few weeks and when she went to get her jewelry, it was gone. After searching like a crazy person under/in/on top of everything, she called the police.
When the police arrived they asked a bunch of questions, did an onsite investigation and calmly and collectively stated to her: “You misplaced it. It probably hasn’t been stolen. You will find it in a few days.” … Continue Reading
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by Robin Slade
The Boston and Texas tragedies remind us that when disaster strikes, we are not always prepared to deal with the magnitude of the chaotic wake that follows such events in our communities … Continue Reading