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Health Net healthcare data breach affects1.5 million
A lost hard drive contained seven years of patient data including Social Security numbers and medical records of more than a million Health Net customers. Article
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Massive T-Mobile UK security breach involves insiders
A UK agency suspects insiders are behind a massive data breach at T-Mobile UK where customer data was pilfered and sold to competitors. Article
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Four hackers indicted in RBS WorldPay breach
Alleged international hacking ring masterminded highly sophisticated attack and stole data used in $9 million coordinated ATM heist, prosecutors say Article
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Chip and PIN adoption serves lesson for U.S. payment industry
As payment processors offer plans for end-to-end encryption, the UK is finding success with chip and pin deployments. The U.S. payment industry should take notice, expert says. Column
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Group to shed light on secure identity management threats
Identity management technologies are struggling to keep pace with constantly evolving nature of attacks, according to the Center for Applied Identity Management Research (CAIMR). Article
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Heartland CIO on end-to-end encryption, credit card tokenization
Steven Elefant, CIO of Princeton, NJ-based Heartland Payment Systems Inc., is leading development on the payment processor's E3 end-to-end encryption plan and new secure payment terminals. Elefant, who joined Heartland last year, said the payment pro... Interview
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Heartland CIO is critical of First Data's credit card tokenization plan
First Data Corp. uses RSA software for tokenization, providing a possible threat vector for attackers, says Heartland CIO Steven Elefant. Article
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Heartland CIO on PCI, E3 project
Heartland Payment Systems CIO Steve Elefant talks about the processor's new E3 security processes, end-to-end encryption, deployment and adoption issues. News
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Visa probes tokens, encryption for PCI card data protection
Visa issued payment industry best practices that outline the use of encryption and tokenization to protect credit card data. Article
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University data breach exposes 163,000 women to identity theft
The women were part of mammography study at the University of North Carolina's School of Medicine. The server could have been breached as far back as 2007, officials said. Article
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