More than 48hrs on from the first attacks for #5Nov the anonymous hacktivist are still pushing out leaked data from breached websites. One of these is Oak Ridge National Laboratory ORNL.gov and the document that has been leaked is information related to the Ginna nuclear research facility and research they have been doing. The document is a first…
Month: November 2012
UK: Ministry of defence hacked, 3,400+ Credentials leaked
The United Kingdom’s ministry of defence website servers (https://www.mod.uk) came under attack yesterday from null crew hackers Null (@OfficialNull) and Timoxeline (@Timoxeline) who have obtained data from the breach which has now been published for everyone to see. @OfficialNull tweeted the breach not to long ago which is said to of been carried out by a very simple SQL injection method….
OMG! Does Your Doctor's Facebook Status Violate HIPAA?
Lynn Sessions and Cory Fox write: Recently, the Federation of State Medical Boards (“the Federation”) released its Model Policy Guidelines for the Appropriate Use of Social Media and Social Networking in Medical Practice (“Guidelines”). The Guidelines are intended to address how physicians can utilize social media to facilitate patient care while still maintaining the privacy and confidentiality…
RI: Hospital says unencrypted backup tapes with patient info are missing
Tim O’Coin reports: Women & Infants Hospital says tapes of ultrasound images and patients’ personal information are missing. According to a post on its website, the hospital discovered back in September that backup ultrasound tapes at Ambulatory Sites in Providence and New Bedford had disappeared. The hospital said the tapes also contained patients’ names, dates…
The FTC Fires Back Against Wyndham
I continue to look for coverage of the FTC lawsuit against Wyndham, a topic I’ve covered in a number of blog posts. I’m glad to see that my uploading some of the court documents may have encouraged or facilitated discussion. Adam M. Veness of Mintz Levin discusses the FTC’s response to Wyndham’s motion to dismiss:…
AU: Website glitch exposes Dodo customer details
Ben Grubb reports: A security flaw exposed up to 500 Dodo Power & Gas customer statements on its website on Friday. Details included customer names, addresses, power usage details and account numbers. The flaw was revealed when a Dodo customer contacted Fairfax to say she was able to change the randomly generated eight-digit number of…