Health Insurance Company Pays 100K over Data Breach

After admitting it took months to notify 32,000 Indiana customers about a data breach that could have compromised their personal information, health insurer WellPoint Inc. will now pay a $100,000 fine, The Associated Press reports.

The Indianapolis-based company also agreed to provide up to two years of credit monitoring and identity-theft protection to affected consumers and reimburse them up to $50,000 each for any …

Lockheed Martin Reaches IT Services Milestone

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) today announced it has successfully achieved ISO 20000 certification for its Information Systems & Global Solutions business area.

With two internationally recognized certifications in IT services and information security standards positions, Lockheed Martin is one of a handful U.S.-based companies and government organizations to accomplish…

Government Lab Hit by Cyber Attack

The government’s research and development facility, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, was forced to shut down Internet access after suffering a cyber attack, according to Reuters.

“PNNL is experiencing an Internet outage due to a cyber attack,” the laboratory said in a voice mail message at the lab’s office of public affairs.

PNNL spokesman Greg Koller told The Associated Press services were being restored gradually.

“The good news is…

Washington Post Jobs Site Hacked

Hackers last week broke into The Washington Post’s jobs site and gained access to nearly 1.3 million user IDs and email addresses, the news organization revealed yesterday.

Although the hackers were able to access to certain user information on Washington Post Jobs, passwords and personal information such as resumes or contact information were not compromised, according to an email the news organization sent to its users.

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Borneo Sees Spike in Cyber Crime

Borneo saw 7,404 reported incidents of cyber crime in the first half of 2011 –  a 147 percent increase compared to the same period last year, Bernama reports.

Deputy Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation Datuk Fadillah Yusuf said as more people begin using the Internet, issues and threats — ranging from spam to identity theft…

Gates: DoD CIO Duties Not being Transferred to Cyber Command

A new memo from the Defense Department says the responsibilities of DoD chief information officer won’t be transferred to Cyber Command.

Posted online July 5, the undated memo is signed by former Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, who recently resigned from his role.

According to the memo, obtained by FierceGovernmentIT, Gates had…

Hacktivists ‘Inj3ct0r Team’ Claim Breaching NATO Server

The “Inj3ct0r Team” — a self-described hacktivist group — says it has compromised a server belonging to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, IDG News Service reports.

The files were posted on the MediaFire file hosting site under the name “NATO Tomcat 5.5 Servlet Backup.” A member of the Inj3ct0r Team told IDG News Service the files were a “server backup, confidential data.”

Inside the files,…

Malaysia, UK Sign Agreement to Fight Cyber Crime

The executive branch of Malaysia’s government has decided to sign a memorandum of understanding with the United Kingdom to work together to battle cross-border crime, including web-based ones, Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein said.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak is expected to sign the MoU during his…

Morgan Stanley Breach Affects 34,000 Clients

Personal information belonging to 34,000 investment clients of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney has been possibly stolen in  transit to the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, according to Bloomberg.

The brokerage firm notified clients about the breach last month, said Jim Wiggins, a spokesman for New York-based Morgan Stanley. The lost information was stored on two password-protected CDs, which were not encrypted, and contained…

FTC: Consumer Confidence in Internet Marketplace Relies on Privacy Protections

The Federal Trade Commission has told Congress consumers must be confident their privacy will be protected if they were to take advantage of all the benefits offered by the Internet marketplace.

“Privacy has been an important component of the consumer protection mission for 40 years,” stated Commissioner