KSL in Utah reports: Police in West Jordan say they need help contacting more that 250 people whose identities were stolen. Investigators found hundreds of passports, credit cards and birth certificates in a stolen motor home on Tuesday. They arrested one woman in connection with the theft, but are still looking for Joseph Chatwin, who may also…
Month: July 2012
HealthCare NZ 'sorry' for privacy breach
APNZ and The Herald report: A memo advising HealthCare New Zealand staff to be careful with client files was among more than 50 patient health records and documents found on a Christchurch street. The documents were found on the street in Merivale on Saturday afternoon after they were taken from a HealthCare NZ employee’s private…
Womens Land Link Africa Hacked, 50,000 Accounts Leaked By #DoktorBass
AnonymousAustralia Hacktivist #DoktorBass has just released a big load of accounts from the Women’s Land Link Africa website. From a initial go over there appears to be over 50,000 emails and passwords many of which appear to also be duplicates. The website that was attacked is https://wllaweb.org/ and The WLLA has been established by dedicated organizations already working at various…
UK: ISP Netcom Hacked, Data Leaked after refused help by #NullCrew
Over the past days hacker group #NullCrew have been leaking dump after dump from many different sites. It appears while this was going on they had also accessed a English based ISP, netcom. As a result of this attack they claim they have contacted netcom about the breach and as a result they were simply told to…
Maplesoft Affected by Security Breach
Seen on Maplesoft’s web site: Maplesoft is investigating a security breach of its administrative database that took place on July 17th, 2012. As a result of the breach, the perpetrators gained access to some email subscription data, including email addresses, first and last names, and company and institution names. Any financial information held by Maplesoft remains…
NZ: Winz staff fired over privacy breaches
Jared Savage reports: Ten Work and Income staff members have been sacked after two inquiries into breaches of privacy for beneficiaries. The national review of the Ministry of Social Development was launched last December after an investigation into staff at the Manukau branch office. Seven were dismissed for “appalling” breaches of the code of conduct…