Senate Bill (SB-20) to bolster California breach law awaits governor

Bill to bolster California breach law awaits governor

Dan Kaplan

September 11, 2009

A new Senate bill in California, which seeks to complement the state's trailblazing SB-1386 data breach disclosure bill, is ready for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's signature.

The new legislation, SB-20, builds on the 2003 bill by requiring that breach notification letters also contain specifics around the data-loss incident, including the type of personal information exposed, a description of the incident and advice on steps to take to protect oneself from identity theft. The law also would require that organizations that suffer a breach affecting 500 or more people must submit a copy of the alert letter to the state attorney general's office.

"Experience over the past half dozen years indicates that too often, the information received [in the letter] is confusing, not clarifying," state Democratic Sen. Joe Simitian, author of both bills, said this week in a news release. "SB-20 ensures that notice of a security breach will be genuinely helpful to consumers."

...The governor must sign or veto the bill by Oct. 11.

SB-1386 laid the groundwork for roughly 45 other states to pass similar laws requiring organizations that expose personal information to notify victims. (Full text at www.scmagazineus.com)

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Chase Bank Notifies Customers of Breach

Backup Tape Reported Missing from Vendor Storage Facility
September 11, 2009 - Linda McGlasson, Managing Editor

Chase Bank has sent out data breach notification letters to an undisclosed number of customers after a computer tape with customers' personal information was reported missing from a third-party vendor's storage facility.

Tom Kelly, spokesperson for New York-based Chase, the commercial/consumer banking arm of financial giant JPMorgan Chase, says the vendor -- which he would not name -- confirmed it received and maintained the tape, and that its offsite facility had been searched thoroughly after the tape disappeared. Kelly would not say if the data on the tape was encrypted, but says its data can be read only with special equipment and software. "We have no evidence to indicate any of the information has been viewed or used inappropriately," Kelly says. (emphasis added because: That's what they all say. It must be a boilerplate all use in case of a breach) (Full text at www.bankinfosecurity.com)

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More on Heartland Breach Court Case

I have been out of town since Sept 9th. Now I have to play catch-up or is it Ketchup?

Heartland Update: Judge to Hear Motions to Dismiss Class Action Suits

Attorney: Discovery is "the Biggest Battlefield"

September 9, 2009 - Linda McGlasson, Managing Editor

Preliminary legal hearings have begun in the class action suit against Heartland Payment Systems, the U.S.-based payments processor that was breached in 2008

More than 30 financial institutions from 22 states have joined the lawsuit against Heartland, which is the largest data breach on record, with a reported 130 million credit and debit cards stolen.

....There are two class action suits -- one on the consumer side and the second on behalf of the financial institutions affected by the massive breach. Earlier in June, a Multidistrict Litigation (MDL) panel decided the suits would be held in Houston. ...

..Coffman said that the biggest battle during the August 24 hearing was discovery; specifically, what Heartland will be required to produce now and what will be deferred until next spring after Heartland's anticipated motion to dismiss is argued. Heartland already has filed a motion with the Court asking that all discovery be stayed until after the Court rules on the motion to dismiss. Coffman anticipated that the Court will rule on Heartland's motion to stay discovery shortly....(Full text at www.bankinfosecurity.com)

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Another Guilty in ID Theft that nailed Bernacke

Makieta Leake, 36 years old, of Prince Frederick, Md, plead guilty to a single count of conspiracy to commit bakn fraud Tuesday in federal court in Alexandria, VA.

She was the fifth person to plead guilty in the scheme that resulted in more than $2 million in losses at 10 banks.

Leake was a doctor's receptionist and admitted stealing bank account information from 37 patients as part of the ID Theft ring that took advantage of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernacke.

She was paid between $200 and $500 for each victim's information. About 40% of the above losses can be traced to her.

Note: It still amazes me that most healthcare professionals still don't know about the FTC's Red Flags Rule and that the must comply with this amendment to the FACTA law. Enforcement begins 11/01/09.

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66% of Social Networkers Vulnerable to Attack

Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and other social networking sites are sweeping the world with tweets, friends and more messaging than ever before, but what’s the cost of all this networking? More than two-thirds of social community members don’t proactively protect themselves from cyber attacks, a survey by the CMO Council and security software maker AVG found.

The study surveyed 250 social networking site users during the second quarter of this year and found that a whopping 64 percent never or rarely change their passwords. All networking sites offer privacy controls to some extent, but 57 percent don’t regularly adjust these settings, therefore providing little to no real protection.

How often do you receive “friend invites” or links within messages from people you don’t know? According to this study, 21 percent of users have accepted such invitations and 64 percent have clicked on links sent by people they didn’t know. (Full story at www.ditio.net)

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"Soup Nazi" Accepts Plea Deal!

Albert Gonzalez, plead guilty on Friday to 19 count indictment regarding his involvement in the largest identity fraud case in U.S. history. the Heartland Data Breach, where over 170 million credit and debit card numbers were stolen. He agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft charges.

Under a plea agreement with federal prosecutors, he will serve a sentence of 15 to 25 years. He will also forfeit some $2.8 million in cash, a Miami condo, a car and expensive jewelry.

Gonzalez had once been an informant for the U.S. Secret Service. (For more info on this case, click here)

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