On Tech Street

ALERT! Hospital Network Hacked ALERT!

Community Health Systems, a for profit hospital network operating hospitals across the nation announced today that hackers recently broke into its computers and stole data on 4.5 million patients. Hackers…

Tom Huskerson August 18, 2014

Now You Know

Protect Yourself from Data Breaches

Data breaches are becoming far too common. And there is no single law that requires a company to tell their customers when, or if, such a data breach has occurred.…

Tom Huskerson August 4, 2014

Breach Briefs News and Analysis

Maybe Goodwill Industries Had a Data Breach

Goodwill Industries Inc.,one of America's biggest and best known non-profit organizations is working with federal officials to investigate the possibility of a data breach. Based in Rockville, Maryland, Goodwill says it…

Tom Huskerson July 24, 2014

Breach Briefs

American Express Acknowledges Data Breach

Earlier this week American Express notified its customers of a data breach. According to the company as many as 76,000 thousand customers have had credit data compromised including names and…

Tom Huskerson June 5, 2014

Legally Speaking

Game Changer; Florida Court Rules On Settlement for Data Loss

In a precedent setting case a Florida Court has approved a settlement against Avmed for a data loss.The decision was handed down by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th…

Tom Huskerson May 1, 2014

Legally Speaking

Federal Trade Commission Can Sue for Data Breaches

In what can be considered a major victory for the government and Internet users a New Jersey Court has ruled the Federal Trade Commission can sue for data breaches. The…

Tom Huskerson April 16, 2014

News and Analysis

Identity Theft, Data Breaches Becoming a National Epidemic

The currency of the digital age is information. Currently the big topic of conversation is the Heartbleed bug. We are just one day past the tax deadline and the IRS…

Tom Huskerson April 16, 2014

News and Analysis

Was There a Data Breach at California DMV?

Banks in California recently received notice from MasterCard that credit card data used previously for California DMV online services had been breached. MasterCard did not say who was breached but…

Tom Huskerson April 7, 2014