The data breach that we reported on a day ago and affected Patz and Hall winery seems to be more widespread due to the origin of it at a third party vendor called Missing Link Networks. At this point, it appears numerous Northern California wineries…
Yesterday we wrote about the Patz & Hall data breach which resulted in unauthorized access of consumer credit card numbers. Yesterday, the first class action related to another data breach was filed by Paulson and Nace. In June of 2014, Carefirst BlueCross BlueShield was targeted…
It seems the news is covering a new data breach nearly every week these days. Whether its the Anthem Blue Cross breach, the Target breach, or the most recent health insurance breach of Carefirst BlueCross BlueShield, companies seem to be having difficulty protecting the vast…
There is a story at the DC Patient Advocate that a North Carolina hospital may have spread Creutzfeld-Jakob Disease: According to CNN, Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina may have used instruments contaminated with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease on at least 18 neurosurgical patients.…
The New York Times recently reported that the Federal Trade Commission charged four companies with deceptively marketing weight-loss products, asserting they made “unfounded promises” that consumers could shed pounds simply by using their food additives, skin creams and other dietary supplements. The four companies —…