Point-Of-Sale Hackers Plead Guilty To Scheme, Face Prison Time

Two hackers who took part in a hacking scheme that involved more than 146,000 compromised cards leading to more than $10 million in losses, pleaded guilty today in a New Hampshire court. One agreed to spend seven years behind bars, while the other agreed to spend 21-months locked up.

Iulian Dolan and Cezar Butu, both Romanian nationals, admitted that between 2009 and 2011, they cooperated with co-conspirator Adrian-Tiberiu Oprea, who is awaiting trial after being extradited to the U.S.  in May, to hack into hundreds of U.S.-based point of sale (POS) systems to steal credit and debit card numbers and then use the stolen payment card data to make unauthorized charges or sell the stolen card data to others who would do the same.

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Massachusetts Eye And Ear Associates Inc. To Pay $1.5 Million For Potential Violations Of The HIPAA Security Rule

Another HIPAA data breach settlement has been reached, this time with the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and Massachusetts Eye and Ear Associates Inc. (MEEI), which will pay $1.5 million to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for potential violations of the HIPAA Security Rule.

HHS officials announced Monday that the settlement also requires MEEI to take corrective action to improve policies and procedures to safeguard the privacy and security of its patients’ protected health information.

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