John Thompson reports: The Elizabethton City School System accidentally released personal information on all the system’s students on Tuesday. Superintendent Ed Alexander said the information was not further distributed. Alexander said the information release was an internal mistake and there was no hacking. “An official inadvertently hit the wrong button,” Alexander said. “All the report…
Month: July 2014
California highway patrol seizes records of woman beaten by officer
Associated Press reports: California Highway Patrol investigators have seized the medical records of a woman seen on video being repeatedly punched by one of its officers on the side of a Los Angeles freeway. Chris Arevalo, executive administrator for psychiatric services at Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center, confirmed that the CHP served the search warrant…
Personal information of 1,700 in Dominion Resources’ employee wellness plan hacked
Peter Bacque reports: Personal information of 1,700 people in Dominion Resources Inc.’s employee wellness plan was hacked in March, according to the program’s contractor. Those affected were notified Friday. The hacker gained access through a subcontractor’s system to get individuals’ names, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, gender and dates of birth, StayWell Health Management LLC…
Ca: Stephen Arthuro Solis-Reyes, accused in CRA Heartbleed hack, due in court
CBC News reports: The Western University student charged in a security breach of Revenue Canada‘s website is scheduled to make his first appearance in an Ottawa courtroom today. Stephen Arthuro Solis-Reyes, 19, of London, Ont., is charged with one count of unauthorized use of a computer and one count of mischief in relation to data…
What HIPAA doesn't cover
Erin McCann writes: Sure, HIPAA adds a layer of privacy protection for certain health data — if organizations actually comply with it — but there remains myriad avenues of mining health data and selling to the highest bidder that do not fall under the purview of HIPAA’s privacy and security rules. And they may surprise…
Update: Man arrested over Benesse data theft
Mainichi reports: A 39-year-old systems engineer was arrested Thursday over a massive customer data theft from Benesse Holdings Inc. on suspicion of copying confidential business data from the major correspondence education provider for children, police said. Masaomi Matsuzaki is alleged to have downloaded and copied Benesse’s data covering some 10.19 million customers — including such…