When it comes to cyber risks, attorneys are often found litigating on behalf of clients who have been crime victims and are suing the company that the criminals hacked. However, sometimes, attorneys themselves fall victim to cyber criminals.
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Digital records kept by medical providers contain highly sensitive data, such as test results, diagnoses, and financial information. And chances are very good that somewhere there is medical data server holding information about you. So, it’s easy to see why the all-too-frequent security breaches in hospitals and doctors offices are quite disturbing. There have been [Continue Reading]
Thursday, September 22, 2011
A medical privacy breach led to the public posting on a commercial Web site of data for 20,000 emergency room patients at Stanford Hospital in Palo Alto, Calif., including names and diagnosis codes, the hospital has confirmed. The information stayed online for nearly a year. Since discovering the breach last month, the hospital has been [Continue Reading]
Thursday, August 25, 2011
If you’re a business traveler who books hotel rooms via the Internet, you may be at higher risk of being victimized by computer hackers and identity thieves. Insurance claims for data theft worldwide jumped 56% last year, with a bigger number of those attacks targeting the hospitality industry, according to a new report by Willis [Continue Reading]
Thursday, April 21, 2011
On March 30, 2011 Epsilon, a subsidiary of Alliance Data Systems Corporation (NYSE: ADS), discovered an intrusion into their network which has the potential to become one of the largest data breaches. As a result of the intrusion, proprietary marketing/customer information of Epsilon’s clients was exposed to an unauthorized source. Epsilon has assured the public [Continue Reading]
Thursday, March 31, 2011
(CNN) — A BP laptop computer containing the private information of about 13,000 individuals who filed oil-related claims after last year’s oil spill has been lost, according to the oil giant. The laptop contained names, addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth and Social Security numbers for those who filed claims related to last year’s Deepwater [Continue Reading]
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Hospitals and physician practices can buy a new kind of stand-alone insurance policy to shield themselves from losing too much money due to data breaches, American Medical News reports. The amount a healthcare organization might have to fork over in the event of a privacy breach, such as improperly accessed electronic medical records, could range [Continue Reading]
Thursday, February 3, 2011
In the world of payment fraud protection, how does your company compare? Schemes to steal money from organizations by manipulating payments like checks, ACH transactions, wire transfers and credit cards are becoming more and more common. The recent Payments Fraud and Control Survey conducted by the Association for Financial Professionals showed that nearly three out [Continue Reading]
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
No one likes to think about data breaches, but the fact is, they happen. Rather than cross your fingers and hope for the best, create an incident response plan ahead of time. Without a plan, you may destroy critical evidence that could be used to prosecute the offender. You might also overlook just how the [Continue Reading]
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
An Englewood, Colo., insurance company has filed a federal lawsuit contending that it isn’t responsible for reimbursing the University of Utah for $3.3 million in costs related to a 2008 data breach caused by a third-party service provider. The lawsuit, filed in a Utah federal court by Colorado Casualty Insurance Co., contends that the insurer [Continue Reading]
Thursday, May 10, 2012
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