One of the recurring themes on my blogs is that we need a federal data protection statute that includes protection of paper records. Breaches involving paper records also need to be included in any federal data breach notification statute. Federal statutes are needed because too many states fail to address the security of paper…
Month: January 2011
FL: Healthcare Insurance Applications Found in Trash
Last month, I posted a breach story by Robert Siciliano about a then-unnamed insurance agency that had reportedly discarded Blue Cross Blue Shield insurance applications in a dumpster. The files were found by investigator William “Cobra” Staubs, who was engaged in “research.” Simon Barrett followed up on the incident and posted some pictures that suggest that…
Sg: DBS Bank employee sold customer data to ease financial woes
Faced with financial problems, a bank executive sold customers’ confidential details to several buyers, including an illegal moneylender, a court heard yesterday. In return, Sazaly Selamat, who worked for DBS Bank, was paid a total of $2,625. Yesterday, the 40-year-old pleaded guilty to seven charges of corruption and two of computer misuse. He was authorised…
Telecom database accessed by employees of Power Marketing Ltd?
David Fisher reports: A major security breach has revealed personal details of every Telecom customer – and a commercial rival is implicated. The Herald on Sunday accessed the Telecom database using login details supplied by sales staff working for rival telco Slingshot. It gave us names, addresses and billing details for every Telecom customer. The…
Combat in Our Genes?
Jay Stanley of the ACLU writes: Born soldiers may say they have “combat in our genes” — but a new report suggests the Pentagon may want to give the phrase whole new meaning by turning DNA into the next military battleground. The report, prepared by a defense science advisory panel known as JASON and reported by Secrecy News…
The night the lights went out in Georgia?
Wainwright Jeffers reports: Some Dougherty County school workers worry the system put them at risk of identity theft. School officials say they shouldn’t be concerned. WALB learned that twice this week, the system sent employees an e-mail asking them for personal information, including social security numbers for a school system data base. Both times, follow…