Not the kind of thing
you want to see in a 10-K.
Target
warns in filing that data breach could be worse than reported so far
- Target (TGT) warned that last year's security breach could have been more extensive than reported so far and lead to further losses, the retailer discloses today in its annual 10-K filing.
- TGT says it cannot predict the length or extent of any ongoing impact to sales, or how long it might take to restore the company's reputation in the wake of the breach.
- So far, TGT has said ~40M payment card records were stolen along with 70M other customer records.
Local! Suggests that
they found the “virus.” That's good, but very unusual. If they
had the tools in place, why did it take them 4 months?
Roger Adams of Aspen
Public Radio reports that Valley
View Hospital in Glenwood Springs was the target of
computer hackers who managed to insert a virus on the hospital’s
system in September.
A statement
prominently linked from the hospital’s homepage explains that after
identifying the virus in January, they brought in a forensic team who
was able to learn that the virus had captured screen shots of
Internet web pages and stored these images in an encrypted, hidden
folder on the Valley View Hospital system. This folder could have
been accessed by an outside entity. Upon this discovery on January
23, 2014, the hospital immediately shut down incoming and outgoing
Internet traffic to quarantine all information. Steps were taken to
remove the virus from the system.
On January 25, 2014,
the firm reported the detailed contents of the encrypted, hidden
folder. The information in each folder varied for each affected
individual but included individual names and in some cases addresses,
date of birth, telephone numbers, social security numbers, credit
card information, admission date, discharge date and patient visit
numbers. No medical information was included. The hospital has been
unable to confirm whether any data was improperly accessed by or
transmitted to an outside entity.
Notification letters
will be going out to affected patients on March 17 and patients will
be informed about free identity and credit protection services.
The hospital has
already launched an upgrade to its information technology and
security.
Is this the future of
Privacy Policies? Understandable policies? Can we do better.
Ric Velez writes:
Goodbye,
terrible, jargon-filled, tiny-font legalese we like to call a privacy
policy. Today, we’re launching Private
Parts, an open-sourced, customizable toolkit to help developers
implement visual, user-friendly privacy policies. And yes, you can
use it today.
Instead
of a mystifying wall of text, we wanted to create broad industry
change and transform privacy policies into a clear, simple design
that uses visual cues to allow users to understand how an app
collects and shares their data.
Read more on Lookout,
with a reminder that me posting something here does not constitute an
endorsement.
What could possibly go
wrong? Is this because we are feeling guilty that we have an
effective intelligence community?
U.S.
to relinquish remaining control over the Internet
U.S. officials
announced plans Friday to relinquish federal government control over
the administration of the Internet, a move likely to please
international critics but alarm many business leaders and others who
rely on smooth functioning of the Web.
… The practical
consequences of the decision were not immediately clear, but it could
alleviate rising global complaints that the United States essentially
controls the Web and takes advantage of its oversight role to help
spy on the rest of the world.
Weekly chuckles.
… The defense has
begun to make its case in Vergara vs. California, a lawsuit
brought by StudentsMatter
that charges that tenure
and seniority rules prevent students from having effective teachers
and as a result from getting a quality education.
… There’s a new
law in Texas
that requires (~$100) graphing calculators for eighth-grade
standardized tests. (Gee, I wonder which company lobbied for that
rule?) According to the Austin American-Statesman, school officials
would like to use a cheaper mobile app (~$15) instead. Good grief.
Use Desmos. It's free. It works on that wonderful
thing, the World Wide Web, and doesn’t require you buy everyone an
iPad (which last time I checked is still more expensive than a
graphing calculator). [I wonder if they asked any
Math teachers? Bob]
… The Supreme
Court has refused
Easton Area School District’s request to review a lower court
decision that had struck down the district’s ban on students
wearing I ♥ boobies breast
cancer awareness bracelets.
… Cengage’s
reorganization plans have been approved,
so the company can emerge from Chapter 11.
… A
study has found that managers looking for someone with math
skills are twice as likely to hire a man over a woman, even
when women are equally skilled
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