CBC News reports: Memorial University is dealing with a privacy breach after three desktop computers were stolen from the School of Social Work on its St. John’s campus. Communications Director Dave Sorensen said the computers were stolen from temporary offices in Coughlan College about two weeks ago. Sorenson said the university is still investigating, but it…
Month: August 2014
Privacy commissioner rules Medicentres failed to protect info on stolen laptop
Canadian Press reports: Alberta’s privacy commissioner has determined that a chain of medical clinics failed to protect patients’ health information that was on a stolen laptop. The commissioner’s report also says the company, although it technically followed response rules, took too long to announce the privacy breach. Which is exactly what I said at the…
Ohio plastic surgeon notifies patients of office burglary
Steven A. Goldman, MD Inc. in Ohio recently notified HHS of a breach that occurred on June 29, 2014. Dr. Goldman, who is a plastic surgeon, posted a notice to patients on the website of Beachwood-Lakewood Plastic Surgery : To our valued patients: We take our patients’ privacy seriously, and it is important to us…
Care All Management notifies over 28,000 of breach
Care All Management, LLC of Tennessee recently notified HHS of a breach that affected 28,300 . The incident, described as “improper disposal,” was discovered on July 14, 2014. There does not seem to be any notice on their website at this time. If anyone has additional details to add, please use the Comments section below.
JPMorgan Hack Said to Span Months Via Multiple Flaws
Jordan Robertson and Michael Riley report: Hackers burrowed into the databanks of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) and deftly dodged one of the world’s largest arrays of sophisticated detection systems for months. The attack, an outline of which was provided by two people familiar with the firm’s investigation, started in June at the digital equivalent…
MangaGamer reports database security breach
From UK Anime Network News: Security breaches of web sites big and small is a sad but unavoidable part of the online landscape at this point in time, and we’ve just received word from visual novel distributor MangaGamer that they have suffered from just such a breach in the past few hours. The e-mail notification…