Louise Hall reports: A mother of two says a Sydney hospital released sensitive details about her health to her hostile ex-husband, who used it against her in his attempt to gain sole custody of their children. The woman could receive up to $40,000 in compensation after a tribunal found Royal Prince Alfred Hospital breached privacy…
Month: September 2014
Home Depot Malware Hints at Different Hackers Than Target’s
Dune Lawrence and Michael Riley report: Home Depot was hacked with a malicious software program that plunders store registers while disguising itself as antivirus software, according to two security researchers. The credit card-stealing program used in the attack on the Atlanta-based retailer is being dubbed FrameworkPOS, and differs significantly from the software used last year to…
Did You Know You Had Diabetes? It's All Over the Internet
If you read only one thing today, read this. Shannon Pettypiece and Jordan Robertson report: Dan Abate doesn’t have diabetes nor is he aware of any obvious link to the disease. Try telling that to data miners. The 42-year-old information technology worker’s name recently showed up in a database of millions of people with “diabetes…
Yandy breach impacted over 44,000 online customers
Quick update: The Yandy breach, disclosed previously on this blog, may have affected 44,724 customers, according to a letter from their attorneys to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office.
HHS corrects entry for LANAP & Implant Center breach
There’s been an interesting update to HHS’s breach tool for the entry concerning a breach reported by Dr. David DiGiallorenzo of the LANAP & Implant Center in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. I had first noted the breach in December 2013, and then provided an update here. When the breach was added to HHS’s breach tool, I noted the addition and commented on…
D&J Optical sues former employees for misappropriation of patient/proprietary information
D&J Optical in Alabama reported a breach to HHS that appears to have involved a hacking/IT incident on November 15, 2013. It is not clear when they first reported the breach to HHS, but it was only added to HHS’s breach tool on August 25. The incident reportedly affected 1,100 patients. In attempting to investigate the…