Oh my. Here’s an insider breach from earlier this year that I seem to have missed. WSPA had reported: Some patients of AnMed Health are worried their information is in the wrong hands. Hospital officials would not specify how many people received a letter which states someone accessed medical records without a legitimate reason. AnMed…
Month: November 2013
Western Union dismisses threat of data security breach at PrivatBank
Christopher J. Miller reports: A regional head of the U.S.-based financial services and communications company Western Union said he is not worried about recent security breaches at Ukraine’s largest bank which allowed a hacker to obtain sensitive data of Western Union customers, potentially putting them at risk for fraud. Ulugbek Umarov, Western Union country director…
Patient mistakenly receives another's medical records
HIPAA breaches happen, but what should an entity do when the recipient of accidentally disclosed PHI refuses to return the other patient’s record(s)? Here’s another case in Kansas.
Indonesians Framing Aussies, Aussies to Indonesia: We do not want War!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34nyxLFH5ks Recent news about NSA and Australian government spying on the people of Indonesia has sparked outrage from Indonesians online. As a result i have already reported on the hundreds of innocent websites that have been attacked, the failed attempt to take down ASIO.gov.au and DOD.gov.au but now it appears the Indonesian hackers and media…
Anonymous Message to Leaders of Russia Operation Green Rights
Anonymous has sent a warning message to the Russian government over the arrests of 30 people, 28 activist and 2 freelance journalist who attempted to scale a Russian oil rig before they were rammed, boats slashed and warning shots fired at close range. The video urges the government to release the activist or there will…
Keyloggers found on 10 Nordstrom registers in Florida (update1)
Ten registers in Nordstrom stores in Aventura Florida reportedly were tampered with and had keyloggers attached.Video footage from security revealed that the criminals worked in groups to distract and install the keyloggers between August 14 and October 5, when Nordstrom discovered the problem. Nordstrom believes that some customer data may have been compromised, but all…