Lance Williams reports on a case previously covered on this blog: A Prime Healthcare Services hospital in Redding broke state law when it publicized a patient’s confidential medical files in an effort to discredit a California Watch news report, state regulators say. The state Department of Public Health on Tuesday issued five “deficiencies” against Shasta…
Month: May 2012
Seven PRHC jobs lost over privacy breaches
Elizabeth Bower reports: Seven people have lost their jobs at the Peterborough hospital since the start of the year for accessing patient records when they were not entitled to do so, an official says. Jane Parr, Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC) vice president and chief human resources officer, says 280 patients have had their privacy…
Four Irish, British suspects helped Stratfor hack: U.S.
I updated specific incident reports on DataLossDB.org yesterday, but thought I should mention this here, too. Basil Katz of Reuters reports: Federal prosecutors said four Irish and British men charged in a crackdown on the international hacking group Anonymous also helped breach the security analysis company Stratfor last year. In an indictment made public on…
Authorities find nearly $1 million in storage unit rented by Navy Vets’ Thompson
Kris Hundley reports on an interesting development in a case where authorities are trying to determine the true identify of an individual known as Bobby Thompson. Thompson has been linked to a sham charity that bilked people out of money by promising to help Navy veterans. As part of their investigation into Thompson, federal agents…
Hackers Threaten University of Pittsburgh with Disclosure of Students’ Personal Info if Demands Are Not Met
Jacob Kleinman reports: Members of the hacktivist collective calling itself “Anonymous” are targeting the University of Pittsburgh, and threatening to release a wealth of private information regarding the school and its students, if the University does not “apologize to your students, law enforcement, and professors on your home page of your domain for a duration…
700 US Govt staff details hacked
Although recent arrests cut down on the number of hacks and data dumps I’m seeing posted online, they haven’t eliminated them altogether. The attack on the International Police Association – International Administration Center, reported last week, was the type of attack we’ve seen in the past. And now this one on NASA’s Glenn Research Center: Home…