Yesterday, it was the school district in El Paso. Today, it’s Birdville reporting a breach. Jessamy Brown reports: Two students from Birdville schools hacked into a school district network server and accessed a file with 14,500 student names and social security numbers, a Birdville spokesman said Thursday. Birdville superintendent Darrell Brown on Thursday mailed a…
Month: September 2011
HHS extends comment period on human subjects research proposals
Melissa Bianchi writes: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today extended the public comment period for its new proposed requirements for human subjects research under the Common Rule. HHS’ proposal includes significant new data privacy and security obligations on research entities, including the creation of mandatory data security and information protection standards for all…
Victory for DNA Privacy Rights
Brendon Tavelli writes: On August 25, 2011, the Massachusetts Appeals Court, in a case of first impression, ruled that the state crime lab’s retention of an individual’s DNA sample beyond the limitations promised to him by the police when they took the voluntary sample state a claim for invasion of privacy, and for violation of the…
MI: Documents stolen from Chesterfield Secretary of State office
Jameson Cook reports: Secretary of State officials discovered that nearly 14,000 documents containing personal information of drivers license and state identification applications were stolen from two Macomb County offices over the past two years, including one in Chesterfield Township. The documents were stolen in May or June from non-public, secured areas at the North Macomb…
Sony has gained over 3 million new PSN users since hack
Sony Corp. CEO Sir Howard Stringer has confirmed that the electronics giant has raked in an additional three million PlayStation Network accounts since the service was restored following the cyber attacks earlier this year. CNET reports that Stringer dropped the news during a presentation at the IFA electronics show in Berlin yesterday, where he asserted his belief…
Data Breaches Harder to Understand
Brian Martin of the Open Security Foundation and DataLossDB.org project writes: On the off chance you missed any news outlet the last 30 days, an “anti security” movement has been reborn. Started in 1999, theAntisec Movement focused on encouraging security consultants and hackers not to disclose vulnerabilities to vendors. The recent resurgence of this movement has…