Terry Macalister reports: The mining group Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation warned on Thursday that it may have lost internal data as a result of computer hacking and the theft of a laptop. The problems add to a complicated picture for ENRC, a London-based but Kazakh-facing producer of minerals from iron ore to coal, which received an indicative takeover offer…
Month: May 2013
National Cyber Security Awareness Week TIPS
The Australian government this week has been running a Cyber Security Awareness Campaign which is aimed at raising awareness across all ares of cyber security. The government has actually put together a neat list of 10 tips which act as good reminders to keep certain aspects of online security safe and updated, using social media, what to…
Automotive Giant Audi Hacked, 2000+ Account Credentials leaked by Xc0unt3r
A hacker who uses the handle Xc0unt3r has recently posted a leak from another Automotive Giant, this time its Audi. Audi has been a majority owned (99.55%) subsidiary of Volkswagen Group since 1966, following a phased purchase of AUDI AG’s predecessor, Auto Union, from Daimler-Benz.[9] Volkswagen relaunched the Audi brand with the 1965 introduction of the…
Honda Belarus Breached, Accounts and Data leaked by @Ag3nt47
Earlier today hacker @ag3nt47 announced that they were sick of Honda ads (sponsored tweets) on twitter and that they would be hacked. > I HAAAAAAAAAAAAATE THESE TWITTER ADS!!!!!!!! FUCK YOU HONDA! YOUR GETTING HACKED! ~47 — Ag3ηт47 ♣ ʎʇIɹnɔǝS (@Ag3nt47) May 23, 2013 As it turns out they have actually carried out this breach on the official Honda Belarus…
A medical center wrecked by a tornado – what about patient records?
I haven’t seen any reports on it yet, but I hope that Moore Medical Center in Moore, Oklahoma had its patient records and other data backed up off-site, as the medical center was wrecked by the tornado that hit last week. And what about all of the paper records with PII or PHI that might…
Court date set for nurse involved in privacy breach
While employees in the UK can seemingly only face fines for exceeding authorized access or stealing health information, that’s not the case in Canada. CBC News reports that a former Eastern Health employee has pleaded not guilty to unlawfully obtaining health information. The incident has drawn a lot of media attention since it was first…