Patient Privacy Rights and Georgetown University Law Center’sO’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law Host Event Psychiatry Patient’s Story Highlights Growing Threat to Privacy WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)– When a lawyer named “Julie” sought psychiatric treatment in Boston, she never imagined that the notes of sessions with her therapist would be digitized and made available to…
Month: June 2012
Finally, a contest that I can endorse!
Via ID Experts: Have some ?HIPAA? fun with us: Join our pool, guess the Final Rule date & page length. It’s for a good cause! I hope you’ll join their Final Countdown contest. A donation will be made by ID Experts to Wounded Warriors Project in your name if you win. You’ll also get an Amazon gift…
Employee of IT contractor sentenced to 57 months in prison for stealing info on law and CPA firms’ clients
SACRAMENTO, CA—Michael Garcia, 39, of Stockton, was sentenced on May 31, 2012 by United States District Judge Morrison C. England Jr. to 57 months in prison for fraud in connection with computers and in connection with an access device, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. According to court documents, Garcia was employed as a…
Entities need to up their game when it comes to breach disclosures
Help Net Security reports on a new Experian/Ponemon survey, “Consumers confused about data breaches.” Over 60% of respondents had trouble understanding the notification letters or felt the entity did not give them sufficient details. One take-home message is what I’ve been saying for years: breach notifications need to be written in plain language and include…
veluwe.info hacked, 200+ accounts leaked
A hacker who use’s the handle "HANIKO YUNOKAWA" has hacked a Netherlands based information website and leaked 200+ accounts via pastebin. The announcement of the breach was made via their facebook page not so long ago. The leaked data contains just over 200 usernames and encrypted passwords from veluwe.info. https://ozdc.net/archives.php?aid=2023 https://pastebin.com/eX2zNX04 They have also hacked and leaked 2…
Ghana National Petroleum Corporation Hacked By @anon_4freedom
IT would appear that @anon_4freedom has been on a spree targeting oil and petroleum company’s in cyber attacks. First we reported on the Petrobras attack and now we have one from Ghana National Petroleum Corporation. Ghana National Petroleum Corporation(https://www.gnpcghana.com) was created in the early 80’s and claims to be a world leader in petroleum products. The attack has…