Rebecca Horan reports: The Data Protection Commissioner is investigating a data security breach made by Irish mortgage campaigners New Beginning. According to The Mail on Sunday, 1,500 homeowners had their financial details sold to a €2bn overseas investment fund that aims to buy up 1,500 distressed homes here. The Malta based fund Arizun reportedly used the…
Month: November 2014
Sony still quiet while rumors and uploads swirl
It’s hard for me to figure out what the real headline should be over the Sony Pictures hack. Is is that a lot of personal data may have been stolen – again? And if so, will the FTC open an investigation into the breach? Is it that North Korea may be involved in the attack?…
IL: Credit card data stolen at city garages; remote access tool used to inject malware
Bill Smith reports: Parking service provider SP Plus says its equipment at Evanston’s three downtown municipal parking garages was hacked to steal credit card data from drivers. In a statement issued today, SP Plus says that the three Evanston garages, along with 10 more in Chicago and four in other cities, were affected by the security…
OH: University Hospitals: Employee gained unauthorized access to 692 patient files in breach
John Cangiglia reports: An employee of University Hospitals improperly accessed medical and personal information of 692 patients over a three-year period, the hospital system said Friday. The employee, who has been dismissed, breached the hospital system’s electronic medical records, allowing the person to gain names, home addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, medical and health-insurance account numbers and…
SG: Two-factor authentication for SingPass will be opt-in next year
Singapore will introduce two-factor authentication in the wake of this SingPass breach earlier this year. Kevin Kwang reports: The Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) will be implementing a one-year transition period from the launch of a two-factor authentication (2FA) system for SingPass in the third quarter of 2015, it said on Thursday (Nov 27). This is because…
Visionworks files second breach report with HHS
It looks like Texas-headquartered Visionworks Inc. may have reported a second breach to HHS. Readers may recall that earlier this month, Visionworks issued a statement about a breach affecting 75,000 patients. That involved a server reportedly lost in June during an upgrade. But now it seems the Highmark subsidiary has also reported a breach involving theft of data (or a server itself) that…