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. Like any other business,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
(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...
