Jessica Soto reports: The South Texas Veterans Health Care System in San Antonio is notifying 4,000 Veterans whose personal information was compromised Wednesday. In an attempt to notify Veterans of the new federal rule of Hydrocodone combination, letters were inadvertently printed double-sided. On the front page one unique Veteran’s information was printed and another unique…
Month: October 2014
UK: Swale council blames human error for data protection breach
Hayley Robinson reports: Swale council has been forced to apologise and may face investigation after the email addresses of about 2,500 residents were sent out to the public. A blunder meant they were inadvertently shared on a message promoting an e-billing system. The emails were sent out in batches of 10, containing about 250 contact…
UK: UCL investigates ’email hack’ after mysterious ‘bello’ message from President is sent to students (UPDATED)
Robin De Peyer reports: A leading London university today launched a cyber security investigation after students received a mystery email from its President saying simply: “bello”. The account of University College London‘s Michael Arthur sent out the message to an “all students” address last night – prompting ridicule from those who received it. Dozens of…
Fidelity hack points to JPMorgan link
Kara Scannell and Tom Braithwaite report: Fidelity Investments, one of the largest US mutual fund companies, was one of 13 financial institutions attacked by hackers, who are believed to be the same group that stole customer information from JPMorgan Chase, according to two people familiar with the matter. The breadth and sophistication of the attack…
North Dakota State College of Science reports malware activity found on Wahpeton and Fargo computers
North Dakota State College of Science Information Technology Services department has been alerted to malware activity on a number of NDSCS-owned computers in Wahpeton and Fargo and has taken immediate steps to ramp up security on its systems. Personal information such as names, Social Security numbers and mailing addresses of more than 15,000 current and…
NC: Cone Health Notifies Patients of Breach Due to Mailing Error
WFMY reports: Thursday, officials at Cone Health admitted to a small data breach after letters sent from one of its facilities were addressed to the wrong patients. The hospital is notifying those 2,076 people who are patients of the Southeastern Heart and Vascular Center. The breach was the result of a clerical error and because of…