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AT&T collected millions from taxpayers in fraudulent charges, US says

AT&T improperly received millions of dollars from a government reimbursement fund by ignoring fraudulent use of the IP Relay call system provided free of charge to hearing- and speech-impaired US […]

Cybercops traced Toulouse massacre suspect through IP address

The IP address of a computer used to view a motorbike sales ad posted by an early victim of the Toulouse gunman played a vital role in narrowing down Mohamed […]

Brazilian city uses computer chips embedded in school uniforms to keep track of students – 3/22/2012 2:11:33 PM | Newser

Twenty thousand students in 25 of the of Vitoria da Conquista’s 213 public schools started using T-shirts with chips earlier this week, secretary Coriolano Moraes said by telephone. By 2013, […]

Japanese camera can scan 36 million faces per second

Could governments and private corporations recognise ANYONE instantly via CCTV?  Remember that London is the most densely surveilled city in the world The Occupy Wallstreet protesters were heavily surveillanced – […]

Firewall fail – A tale both funny and sad

Several years ago, I was working as a trainer in a Citibank call center. At least that was my job on paper. In reality, the employees were far too busy […]

Breach Hits Card Processor Global Payments – shares drop 9%

Global Payments didn’t disclose what type of data had been accessed, but said it had notified “appropriate industry parties to allow them to minimize potential cardholder impact.” News of the […]

Learn from the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee HIPAA breach

In March 2012, BCBS of Tennessee agreed to pay $ 1.5M for HIPAA data breaches. BCBSoTenn failed to encrypt hard drives containing voicemail files.  Is YOUR medical practice encrypting hard […]

ANSI Free Report – The Financial Impact of Breached Protected Health Information

ANSI (the American National Standards Institute ) has produced a phenomenal, and free, report on the financial impact of losing healthcare data.   Highly recommended that you download it from http://webstore.ansi.org/phi/

New Year's Eve Burglary Triggers Medical Records Firm’s Bankruptcy

Still think HIPAA compliance is strictly for the big guys? Still think your small medical practice or medical billing business is safe from hackers, criminals and litigators?   From the […]

Is Your Dating Site Selling Your Profile?

If your data is out there, it WILL get sold…for pennies. From Betabeat: Angela, who asked that her last name be withheld, has been dating online for years. But she […]