Tracy Kitten writes: Last month, an appellate court in Boston reversed a lower court’s ruling that favored a bank in a legal dispute over a 2009 account takeover incident (see PATCO ACH Fraud Ruling Reversed.) Was that appellate ruling fair? Based on the security practices that most banking institutions used in 2009, probably not. The case…
Month: August 2012
More transparency needed in Health Authority insider breaches
CBC News reports: Health authorities in Labrador and central Newfoundland acknowledge they have disciplined workers for previously-unreported privacy breaches. Last year, Central Health admitted to a serious breach of privacy involving 19 patients. The employee responsible was fired. Since then, the board has not publicly reported any other breaches — until being asked by CBC…
Australian Fishing Trade Association (AFTA) Hacked, 900 Accounts Leaked By #DoktorBass
Yet another Australian based website has been breached and had over 900 accounts leaked as a result. The website belongs to the Australian Fishing trade association (afta.net.au) who overlooks and helps setting standard for fishing gear and related stuff right across Australia and has been doing so since the 80’s. The attack just adds to the list of sites that we reported…
OR: Hacking cases down, still a threat: by the numbers
Some interesting stats in a news report by Queenie Wong in the Statesman Journal: Cybersecurity by the Numbers Since 2009, state agencies have been required to report the number of suspicious information security incidents to the state’s Enterprise Security Office, which is part of the Department of Administrative Services. All incidents are not necessarily considered…
LinkedIn reportedly spent nearly $1 million already to fix security breach (updated)
Gene Ryan Briones reports: Following the hapless security infraction that LinkedIn experienced two months ago, the company is now saying that it has spent a huge amount of money to fix the problem. Fresh from its earnings call today, LinkedIn CFO Steve Sordello said that the company has spent between $500,000 and $1 million on…
Boston Water and Sewer Commission warns of possible customer info leak
WCVB reports: Boston Water and Sewer Commission officials said customer information could have been leaked due to a missing hard drive. Officials said contractor Aclara Technologies notified them that a hard drive that could contain the Commission’s water and sewer account information is missing. Aclara was using the information to update the Commission’s remote meter…