The Office of the Controller of the Currency (OCC) issues a semiannual risk perspective report that “addresses key issues facing banks, focusing on those that pose threats to the safety and soundness of banks and their compliance with applicable laws and regulations.” The most recent report “presents data in five main areas: the operating environment
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Eversource Energy Notifies Customers of Data Breach
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in Cybersecurity
Eversource Energy, which is the largest energy supplier in New England with 4.3 million customers in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire, is notifying customers that their personal information was compromised on an unsecured cloud server.
The personal information that was compromised includes names, addresses, telephone numbers, Social Security numbers, services addresses, and account numbers. The…
Privacy Tip #129 – As New Medicare Cards are Issued: Beware of Scams
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in Privacy Tips
This writer has been lamenting for years about the fact that Medicare recipients’ Social Security numbers are included on the face of the card. This is an unnecessary risk posed to Medicare recipients, which are primarily senior citizens, some of our most vulnerable citizens, who are already preyed upon by scammers.
Medicare has recognized the…
Privacy Tip #124 – FTC Alerts Consumers to Social Security Administration Scammers
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in Privacy Tips
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a scam alert this week notifying consumers that it has received an up-tick in complaints that scammers are calling consumers claiming they are from the Social Security Administration.
The scammers tell the individual that there has been a computer problem at the Social Security Administration and that they need…
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield sued for hacking incident
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in Enforcement + Litigation
Not to be left out, plaintiffs filed suit against CareFirst BlueCross Blue Shield late last week for the hacking incident the insurer suffered in May, which resulted in unknown intruders gaining access to names, dates of birth, email addresses and subscriber identification numbers of approximately 1.1 million members. CareFirst has indicated that the incident did…