Another third party
breach, presumably by a PCIDSS compliant processor. Perhaps they
should tighten their standards a bit?
California
drivers face big credit card breach
A Georgia-based payment
processor for the California Department of Motor Vehicles apparently
was victimized by hackers for six months. As of this report, the
theft only affects citizens that conducted credit card transactions
online.
This week, banks in
California and elsewhere received alerts from MasterCard about
compromised cards that all had been previously used for California
DMV charges.
The alert “stated
that the date range of the potentially compromised transactions
extended from Aug. 2, 2013 to Jan. 31, 2014, and that the data stolen
included the card number, expiration date, and three-digit security
code printed on the back of cards,” Krebs reports.
… This
document from the California Department of General Services
suggests that the external processor is Elavon, a company based in
Atlanta.
According to the latest
statistics,
Californians conducted more than 11.9 million online transactions
with the state’s DMV in 2012, a 6 percent increase over 2011.
The impact of BYOD is
being felt already? Not a good sign.
Fourth
Annual Benchmark Study on Patient Privacy and Data Security
by Sabrina
I. Pacifici on March 22, 2014
Ponemon Institute: “…we
are releasing our Fourth
Annual Benchmark Study on Patient Privacy and Data Security. We
hope you will read the report sponsored by ID Experts that reveals
some fascinating trends. Specifically, criminal
attacks on healthcare systems have risen a startling 100 percent
since we first conducted the study in 2010. This year, we
found the number and size of data breaches has declined somewhat.
Employee negligence is a major risk and is being fueled by BYOD.
Giving healthcare organizations major headaches are: risks to
patient data caused by the Affordable Care Act, exchange of patient
health information with Accountable Care Organizations and lack of
trust in business associates privacy and security practices. For a
copy of the Fourth
Annual Benchmark Study on Patient Privacy and Data Security,
visit www2.idexpertscorp.com/ponemon.”
Will this remain
voluntary or become a condition of continuing health insurance?
Evan Axelbank reports:
Ernestine
Marshall can’t even go to the bathroom without someone knowing.
“I
didn’t know how closely they were watching me until I received a
phone call, and I was like, whoa! Ok!” she said.
The
diabetic and MS patient’s home is outfitted by insurer, Humana,
with sensors that keep track of when she opens her medicine cabinet,
her fridge, sleeps, walks, and uses the bathroom.
A
break in routine is an early sign of trouble.
“If
it becomes unusual, I will get a phone call,” she said. “(They
say), ‘Ms. Marshall, are you alright? Do we need to call your
sister?’
Read more on Fox
Tampa Bay.
[From
the article:
The sensors allow her
to live in her own apartment, instead of at an assisted living
facility.
"It makes me feel
wonderful, to know I'm being monitored, especially living alone,"
Marshall said.
Lots and lots of
infographics!
Bloomberg
Visual Data Products
For that day in the
future when I make my students write their own textbook.
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Something interesting
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This is interesting,
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