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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - December 2021 #3

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CYBERSECURITY - New Jersey Settles with Cancer Center Over Business Email Compromise - One of the challenging things about HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) enforcement is the fact that both the...more

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Cybercriminals Recruiting Employees on the Dark Web to Assist with Fraud Schemes

Darkreading.com has issued a survey entitled: Monetizing the Insider: The Growing Symbiosis of Insiders and the Dark Web which states that malicious insiders are responsible for 27 percent of all cybercrime. This statistic...more

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Privacy Tip #90 – Payment Card Breaches - Both Sides of the Story

We hear daily about another payment card breach at a retail store, restaurant chain or hotel line. The response to a payment card breach differs from company to company. I get a lot of questions about payment card breaches...more

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Sony will pay up to $4.5M to settle data breach case with employees and up to $3.49 in attorneys’ fees for plaintiffs’ attorneys

Sony Pictures (Sony) agreed on Monday (October 19, 2015) to pay at least $2M and up to $4.5M to employees whose personal information was breached and posted online during the massive hack that hit Sony in 2014....more

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Privacy Tip #4—What do I do when I get a letter informing me of a data breach?

We’ve all gotten them–the dreaded letter that informs us that our data has been compromised, including our Social Security number. Some have received so many of these “notifications” that they are de-sensitized, throw their...more

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3rd Circuit Says: FTC Can Take Action Against Companies That Suffer Data Security Breaches

Companies can be fined by the federal government for failing to properly safeguard consumer data, according to a decision this week by Pennsylvania's federal appellate court....more

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25 year old sentenced to 13 years for hacking data broker databases

The Department of Justice has announced that 25 year old Hieu Minh Ngo has been sentenced to 13 years in prison. His sentence was lighter than expected because he has cooperated with authorities to catch more identity...more

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Pennsylvania Court Dismisses Data Breach Claims

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In 2014, the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s computer system was hacked, resulting in the disclosure of sensitive personal information of current and former employees, including names, addresses, birthdates, social...more

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