Brian Krebs reports: Earlier this year, hackers broke into the networks of marketing and press release distribution service PR Newswire, making off with usernames and encrypted passwords that customers use to access the company’s service and upload news releases, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. The stolen data was found on the same Internet servers that housed huge troves of…
Month: October 2013
Huge Data Leak From Ministry of Economy of Poland By #Anonymous
Anonymous today have come out again with more leaked data in the name of #OpGoldenDawn. The most recent leak comes from Poland’s Ministry of Economy which follows the recent large leak of information from the Greece’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and OSCE (Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe) by the same Anonymous hacktivist. The data has been uploaded…
Insurer’s data breach lawsuit against Schnucks is terminated
E.B. Solomont reports that Liberty Mutual Insurance’s lawsuit against Schnuck’s has been dropped.
North Country Hospital struggles to retrieve laptop that may contain PHI from former employee (UPDATED)
North Country Hospital in Newport, Vermont posted this notice on their web site: North Country Hospital is alerting its patients to the discovery of a recent privacy breach that may involve your personal information. On September 18, 2013, we received notice that a former employee of the Hospital claimed to be in possession of a…
Ohio dentist pleads guilty to misuse of state's prescription monitoring system (Updated)
This must be our week to report on healthcare providers who jeopardize their professional licenses by engaging in conduct resulting in privacy breaches. Earlier this week, PHIprivacy.net reported on the suspension of psychologist Dr. Sunil Kakar’s license. Today’s story is a follow-up to the case of a Solon, Ohio dentist who was charged with misusing…
News Corp Australia statement
Seen on The Australian, but not on News Corp Australia’s web site: This afternoon News Corp Australia was made aware of a vulnerability in the security of our email newsletter database. Some personal information about people who subscribe to our email newsletters was potentially accessible from outside the company. The information does not include credit…