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Tennessee Hospital Patient Information Found in Public Recycling Bin

The Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services says its Office of Licensure is investigating after paperwork from a Franklin mental health facility was found in a public recycling bin. The Tennessean reports the paperwork was from an …

Report: Data Breaches Cost N.Y. Businesses $1.37B Last Year

Security breaches exposing consumers’ personal information are becoming larger and more frequent in New York, costing businesses more than $1.37 billion last year, the state attorney general’s office said. Data breaches in the state more than tripled from 2006 to …