Niall O’Connor reports on a major case of social engineering: Sensitive personal data, including addresses and job details, was handed over by the Department of Social Protection after just one phone call from private investigators pretending to be State officials. The underhand tactics used to extract confidential information from a leading State agency is revealed…
Month: August 2014
Prosecutors: Accused Russian hacker jailed here had 2.1 million stolen credit card numbers when arrested
SEATTLE — A federal magistrate, citing a possible flight risk, on Friday ordered accused Russian hacker Roman Seleznev held without bail pending his October trial on charges. […] During the hearing, prosecutors revealed that a laptop computer seized from Seleznev at the time of his arrest contains 2.1 million stolen credit card numbers. Seleznev, also…
Ohio hospital responds after privacy breach allegations
Natalie Tendall When you go to the hospital you expect your private health information to be kept private. But 2 NEWS Investigates uncovered a lawsuit by two local women that alleges they repeatedly had the privacy of their health information violated by employees at Kettering Health Network, also known as Kettering Adventist Healthcare. Read more…
Ca: Trial for Nurse Accused in Privacy Breach will Continue in September
VOCM reports: The trial for a nurse accused of breaching patient privacy regulations will continue in September. Colleen Stamp, charged under her former surname Weeks, was once employed by Eastern Health as a triage nurse in the Health Sciences Emergency Department. Stamp was fired in 2012 after being accused of illegally accessing patients’ records. Today…
TX: C3 Presents warns of data breach
Gary Dinges reports: Austin-based C3 Presents, the company behind the Austin City Limits Music Festival, Lollapalooza and concerts at dozens of Austin-area music venues, confirmed Friday that it is the victim of what executives are calling a “small security breach.” The breach, which occurred after an internal server was stolen in June, does not impact…
Jewel-Osco Warns Customers Of Data Breach
From CBS: Officials at Jewel-Osco were warning customers of a data breach that might have given hackers access to credit card and debit card information, but said there is no evidence the data has been misused. Jewel’s parent company, AB Acquisition, said the unauthorized access of customer data might have started as early as June…