Iron Woman!
| April 13, 2012
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The Prices For Cellphone Wiretaps
| April 13, 2012
Did you know AT&T charges a $325 “activation fee” for a cellphone wiretap. Verizon charges $700 a month and T-Mobile is just a flat fee of $500?
To wiretap a customer’s phone, T-Mobile charges law enforcement a flat fee of $500 per target. Sprint’s wireless carrier Sprint Nextel requires police pay $400 per “market area” and per “technology” as well as a $10 per day fee, capped at $2,000. AT&T charges a $325 activation fee, plus $5 per day for data and $10 for audio. Verizon charges a $50 administrative fee plus $700 per month, per target.
Piracy Lurks Everywhere – Video
| April 13, 2012
Don’t Be A Dick With Our Products
| April 13, 2012
This is definitely the quote of the day. I can think of lots of other products that can use a little common sense labeling like this.
Medicaid hacked: over 181,000 records and 25,000 SSNs stolen
| April 12, 2012
On Wednesday, the DTS said information was accessed from approximately 24,000 claims. It turned out the hackers had made off with 24,000 files, and one single file can potentially contain claims information on hundreds of individuals. On Friday, the DTS thus confirmed the number of Medicaid clients affected was actually 181,604.
Claims stored on servers like the one that experienced the breach can include client names, addresses, birth dates, SSNs, physician’s names, national provider identifiers, addresses, tax identification numbers, and procedure codes designed for billing purposes.
Social Media – Infographic
| April 12, 2012
