Monday, August 8, 2016

Healthcare System to Pay $5.5 Million Settlement Over 2013 Data Breaches

Healthcare System to Pay $5.5 Million Settlement Over 2013 Data Breaches: Advocate Health Care Network has agreed to pay a $5.5 million settlement over breaches that exposed the data of more than 4 million patients in 2013.

The fine is the largest HIPAA enforcement settlement against a single entity to-date, which the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) said was “a result of the extent and duration of the alleged noncompliance.”[...]

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LinkedIn users targeted by hacking group

LinkedIn users targeted by hacking group with fake job offers https://t.co/mPKKLqzF5k via @SiliconANGLE