Security News

Anthem Breach Lesson: Why Granular Access Control Matters (InfoRiskToday)
2017-08-14 18:48

Healthcare organizations can learn important lessons - including the need for granular data access control - from the costly proposed settlement of the breach lawsuit against health insurer...

Anthem Breach Lesson: Why Granular Access Control Matters (InfoRiskToday)
2017-08-14 14:17

Healthcare organizations can learn important lessons - including the need for granular data access control - from the costly proposed settlement of the breach lawsuit against health insurer...

Nationwide Insurance Breach Settlement: $5.5 Million (InfoRiskToday)
2017-08-09 18:33

Agreement With 33 States Also Requires Security UpdatesNationwide Mutual Insurance Co. will pay a $5.5 million settlement and update its security practices as a result of an agreement with...

Appeals Court Allows CareFirst Breach Class Action Lawsuit to Proceed (InfoRiskToday)
2017-08-02 19:33

Experts: Decision Could Set Precedent for Other Data Breach LitigationSome experts say a federal appeals court's overturning of a lower court's decision to dismiss a class action lawsuit filed...

Breach at Third Party Contractor Affects 18,000 Anthem Members (Threatpost)
2017-08-01 16:28

Anthem last week began notifying 18,000 members affected by a data breach unrelated to 2015's.

Nuance: NotPetya Attack Was Not a Reportable Health Data Breach (InfoRiskToday)
2017-07-31 20:18

Medical Transcription Services Vendor Explains Decision to CustomersNuance has issued an unusual public letter to customers explaining why the medical transcription services vendor has decided not...

Anthem's Latest Headache: Business Associate Breach (InfoRiskToday)
2017-07-27 15:33

BA's Incarcerated Employee at Center of Breach Affecting ThousandsHealth insurer Anthem Inc., still dealing with the aftermath of a 2015 cyberattack that impacted nearly 79 million individuals,...

Second Fraudster Pleads Guilty in UPMC Breach Case (InfoRiskToday)
2017-07-26 20:03

Hacked Employee Data Used in Fake Tax FilingsA federal court has ordered the deportation of a Venezuelan citizen who is the second person to plead guilty for their role in a conspiracy to commit...

UniCredit breach: Data of 400,000 customers exposed (Help Net Security)
2017-07-26 19:06

Italian global banking and financial services company UniCredit has revealed that it has suffered two security breaches in less than a year. “A first breach seems to have occurred in September and...

HHS Makes Changes to 'Wall of Shame' Breach Reporting Site (InfoRiskToday)
2017-07-25 20:48

Health Data Breaches Separately Listed as 'Resolved' or 'Under Investigation'HHS has made changes to a website widely referred to as the "wall of shame" that lists major health data breaches. The...