The Social Security Administration sold the information in a database of deceased individuals that erroneous contained the Social Security numbers, dates of birth, full names and ZIP codes of living people, the inspector general reports.
"Although we have made good progress in creating information sharing entities, to share information securely and efficiently, we have not adequately tackled the critically important issues associated with the timeliness and completeness of information," Financial Services Sector Coordinating Council Chair Jane Carlin...
The ongoing effort to enable the secure exchange of health information from coast to coast recently got a very important boost when five well-known healthcare organizations joined forces to serve as trailblazers.
The Oklahoma State Department of Health is notifying nearly 133,000 individuals about a health information breach involving the theft of a laptop computer containing personal information.
State agencies transferred information containing unencrypted, personal information to unsecured servers between January and May 2010, but the exposure was not discovered until two weeks ago, Texas Comptroller Susan Combs says.
Farzad Mostashari, M.D, the new head of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, appears to be well-qualified for the role.
The Family Planning Council in Philadelphia and its network providers are informing about 70,000 clients of a health information breach stemming from a stolen unencrypted flash drive.
The Epsilon e-mail breach has opened the door for what experts fear could be 'massive spear phishing attacks.' Here are 7 security tips to help organizations protect themselves and their customers.
Two Connecticut state agencies are investigating a health information breach incident at Midstate Medical Center that may have compromised information on 93,500 patients.
A Connecticut hospital is notifying 93,500 of its patients about a breach incident involving data that was downloaded to a personal hard drive in violation of the organization's policies.
At a time when there is heightened demand for cybersecurity professionals within the U.S. federal government, the value of IT security certifications ranks high as a criterion for hire.
It's serious news that RSA's SecurID solution has been the target of an advanced persistent threat. But "It's not a game-changer," says Stephen Northcutt, CEO of SANS Institute. "Anybody who says it is [a game-changer] is an alarmist."
The federal government's official tally of major health information breaches now confirms the recent Health Net incident affected 1.9 million individuals, making it the largest breach on the list. Meanwhile, at least four state agencies are now investigating the incident.
When it comes to e-marketing and the reliance on third parties such as Epsilon, Nicolas Christin of Carnegie Mellon University says banks and merchants should "come clean" about the information they share with outside entities.
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