There have been a slew of email gaffes in the New Zealand news recently, so many so that I haven’t posted most of them here. But here’s one that strikes me as pretty inexcusable. Celia Crosble reports: Thousands of Queenstowners’ personal details have been exposed in an “embarrassing” major privacy breach by the district council’s…
Month: April 2013
EPA acknowledges releasing personal details on farmers, senator slams agency
Joseph Weber reports: The Environmental Protection Agency acknowledged Tuesday that it released personal information on potentially thousands of farmers and ranchers to environmental groups, following concerns from congressional Republicans and agriculture groups that the release could endanger their safety. Read more on FoxNews. The information released reportedly included the names, postal and email addresses, and…
Hacker ‘Kayla’ admits attacks on Sony, Nintendo, Arizona State Police
Estelle Shirbon of Reuters reports: A British computer hacker pleaded guilty on Tuesday to cyber attacks on targets including Sony, Nintendo, Rupert Murdoch’s News International and the Arizona State Police. Ryan Ackroyd’s plea meant his planned jury trial did not go ahead and, as a result, the court did not hear any evidence on the…
VUDU warns customers after user data stolen in burglary
Damon Poeter reports that streaming video provider, VUDU, has been notifying users after user data was on a hard drive stolen during an office burglary: Vudu notified users that a break-in at its offices on 24 March compromised users’ personal information and account activity, warning customers to be on the lookout for “spam email, emails…
HIPAA trumps Florida statute on disclosing deceased nursing home residents' records – court
The Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued an opinion yesterday that HIPAA trumps Florida state law concerning the release of deceased nursing home residents’ records. From the opinion: The issue before us is whether § 400.145 of the Florida Statutes—which provides for the release of medical records of deceased residents of nursing homes…
Syria: Hayan Petroleum Hacked, Staff Credentials Leaked
The past few days have been very focused on israel and now hackers from Latin hack team have moved over towards Syria after taking sights to one of its petroleum companies (https://www.hpc.com.sy/). Hayan Petroleum is gas and oil exploration company in the hayan block based in syria. Hayan Petroleum Company executes development operations in oil & gas…