[Year 12 IT Apps] ITA/Informatics U4O2 - Even your your best efforts may still not be enough to protect your data.

[Mark]

"Hack Brief: Health Insurer Excellus Says Attackers Breached 10M Records

"Excellus has revealed that in August of this year it discovered a nearly
2-year old intrusion campaign in its network that gave hackers access to
potentially all its customers’ records. That data includes names, birth
dates, Social Security numbers, mailing addresses, telephone numbers, and a
variety of account information including claims and financial payment
details...

"Excellus says that it did encrypt that sensitive information. But it
doesn’t seem to have done so in a way that would prevent hackers from
seeing it...

"Aside from the reputational damage and cost of credit monitoring, the
company could even be hit with fines for HIPAA violations due to failure to
protect sensitive medical data."

Read more
<http://www.wired.com/2015/09/hack-brief-health-insurance-firm-excellus-says-attackers-breached-10m-records/>


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"It isn't the mountains ahead to climb that wear you down. It's the pebble
in your shoe." Mumammad Ali.

Mark Kelly



mark at vceit.com
http://vceit.com
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