Is your security up to this challenge? Simon Hartley reports: Police are investigating after attempts were allegedly made to hack a nationwide patient database. In an email obtained by the Otago Daily Times, Southern Primary Health Organisation clinical adviser Keith Abbott, of Dunedin, warned GPs and health organisations about the ”significant hacking attempt” on September 9….
Month: September 2014
Sheplers Western Wear Alerts Customers Concerning Data Breach Affecting Retail Stores
Sheplers, the leading multi-channel western-wear retailer, today issued the following statement: Sheplers has determined that our payment systems suffered a security breach in which hackers gained access to our systems and some of our customers’ payment card information was exposed. With the assistance of a leading computer security firm, we are continuing our investigation into…
Ca: Stolen laptop contained info on hundreds of patients
Peter Chura reports that Winnipeg health officials are blaming a lapse in security for the theft of a laptop containing 322 hepatology patients’ confidential information. The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority announced Friday that a doctor’s laptop was stolen “recently” from an office at the Health Sciences Centre. Read more on Global News.
On the Front Lines: The FTC’s Role in Data Security
Keynote Address by FTC Commissioner Julie Brill on September 17 at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Workshop on Stepping Into the Fray: The Role of Independent Agencies in Cybersecurity. (pdf)
OH: Ex-Hocking County police chief pleads guilty to misusing crime data system
Mary Beth Lane reported this a few weeks ago: A former Laurelville police chief pleaded guilty yesterday in Hocking County Common Pleas Court to unauthorized use of property. James E. Taylor admitted that he misused the Ohio Law Enforcement Gateway to obtain information on people for purposes unrelated to law enforcement. The online secure network…
Home Depot breach prompts class action in Canada, too
Richard Blackwell reports: Martin Knuth has made so many purchases at Home Depot that he regards the store as “my second home.” But the recent security breach at the home renovation retailer upset Mr. Knuth, a retiree who lives in Regina, Sask., so much that he volunteered to become the representative plaintiff in the first…