Recent Data Breaches- Update: UnitedHealthcare notifies Medicare members of data breach; company says 68 people in Missouri affectedAn employee access records in an unauthorized manner, according to the company. UnitedHealthcare is advising people in Missouri that have enrolled in its Medicare plans to a data breach by a now-former employee that has affected a reported 68 people across the state of Missouri. […]
- EFA demands data breach disclosuresElectronic Frontiers Australia is calling for organisations to be required to notify data breaches where personal details of individuals are compromised. Its board has voted unanimously to support the implementation of mandatory data breach notification regulations. EFA board member, Karen Higgins, said: "It is outrageous that an organisation can have a […]
- Multiple 'mistakes' led to massive health data breach, director saysNew details of what went wrong in a costly health information data breach emerged Wednesday. […]
- McEntee: After data breach, I’ll long be looking over my shoulderMcEntee: After data breach, I’ll long be looking over my shoulder By peg mcentee Tribune Columnist Published May 17, 2012 08:00AM MDT A couple of weeks ago, I returned home from vacation to learn my personal health information had been hacked. So I signed up for the free credit monitoring that lasts a year. On Monday, not having heard about my Social Securit […]
- Utah CTO takes fall for data breachComputerworld - The executive director of Utah's Department of Technology Services has resigned over a data breach two months ago that exposed the Social Security numbers and other personal data of about 280,000 Medicaid recipients. […]
- Utah Government Fires Tech Director After Data Breach on Medicaid ServerMay 16, 2012 -- Utah state technology director Stephen Fletcher resigned on Tuesday in the wake of a massive healthcare data breach that exposed personal information of about 780,000 people. […]
- Data breachGov. Gary Herbert has fired the state’s top computer nerd in the wake of the Medicaid data breach. […]
- Utah guv fires tech director over health data breach, creates security czarUtah guv fires tech director over health data breach, creates security czar By heather may The Salt Lake Tribune Published May 15, 2012 06:10PM MDT Gov. Gary Herbert apologized to the 780,000 victims of the health data security breach on Tuesday. To restore the public’s trust, he announced Tuesday that he fired Department of Technology Services director Step […]
- Application Security, Inc. Pledges One Million Dollars Of Database Security Software To Help Enterprises Battle Data ...In an effort to help organizations defend against the ongoing data breach epidemic, Application Security, Inc. , the leading provider of database security solutions for the enterprise, today announced that it will give away up to one million dollars of database security software. […]
- Beazley Breach Response Services Expanded to Tackle Risks of PCI Investigations Following Suspected Data BreachesSAN FRANCISCO, May 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Enhancements announced today to Beazley Breach Response (BBR), Beazley's market-leading data breach response and insurance solution, include practical support ... […]
- Update: UnitedHealthcare notifies Medicare members of data breach; company says 68 people in Missouri affected
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- Why Apple, RIM, Nokia and Motorola are arguing over what your next SIM card will look likeApple's SIM design would result in handsets costing more to manufacture. […]
- Friday folly: HTC changes U. S. Android phones to avoid injunctionHTC has changed the Android software on its newest US phones to avoid an injunction brought by Apple. […]
- Cyber security: U.S. mulls blocking China Mobile licenseConcerned about cyber security and possible spying, U.S. officials are considering denying China Mobile's license for providing international information service in the United States.Officials... […]
- UK government keeps RIM in play with BlackBerry 7 security ratingRIM is holding on to the niche government market by certifying BlackBerry 7 as fit for government use, while Apple and Google have yet to step up to the mark. […]
- The Pirate Bay returns, Anonymous hater takes credit for DDoSThe Pirate Bay is back online. An Anonymous traitor who goes by the name AnonNyre has claimed responsibility for the Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack that kept the site offline for days. […]
- These 'Alpha Geeks' are already living in the future (photos)The thinkers, designers, engineers, and hackers at the center of the maker movement are focused on the innovation business. At the MAKE Hardware Innovation Workshop this week, the open-source... […]
- Wikileaks has been under DDoS attack for the last three daysThe Pirate Bay is down. Wikileaks is down. Visa was down. Are all these Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks a coincidence? Right now it's not clear, but something is definitely happening. […]
- Anonymous denies it is behind The Pirate Bay DDoS attackThe hacktivist group Anonymous has denied allegations that it is behind the Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack against The Pirate Bay. Update: The Pirate Bay has confirmed the denial. […]
- Google to centralize Android development and salesAccording to a Wall Street Journal report, Google is going to radically shift how it works with its partners in developing and selling Android. […]
- The Pirate Bay hit with massive DDoS attackThe Pirate Bay is down for me. Is it down for you? It may be, since the site has confirmed it is experiencing "a quite big" Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack. It's unclear who is behind it. […]
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