Michele Mandel reports: If the allegations in this lawsuit are true, well…. this is just unconscionable. Medical shows on TV are keen on getting their facts straight and their scenarios realistic. But at least one patient insists that research shouldn’t include letting the actors in to watch you get a rectal exam. That’s what Walter…
Month: November 2014
Not-so Anonymous: How hackers wreaked havoc in St. Louis
David Hunn has a lengthy piece on how so-called hacktivists and identity thieves disrupted the lives of people who were neither responsible for Michael Brown’s death in Ferguson nor for law enforcement’s response. Here’s how it begins: The first call came on a Thursday, 12 days after Michael Brown was shot. Patti Knowles and her granddaughter…
Shorter University responds to theft of records of former student athletes
This item is from late September. Jeremy Stewart reported: Shorter University is reviewing security protocol after a group of files containing students’ personal information was removed from a campus building. A letter obtained by the Rome News-Tribune was sent out to former student-athletes by Shorter Vice President for Finance and CFO Susan Zeird urging them to…
TX: Security Breach At Euless Mattress Firm
Bud Gillett reports: A CBS 11 News viewer tipped us off to a breach of security at a local business that can put customers’ private financial information at risk. The viewer told CBS 11 News he took the photos at the dumpster behind a Mattress Firm store at the southwest corner of Glade Road and…
FL: ID theft reported at Jessie Trice health center; nearly 8,000 affected
Daniel Chang reports: Jessie Trice Community Health Center, a nonprofit system of health clinics primarily serving the uninsured in Miami-Dade, reported on Monday a data breach by “an identity theft criminal operation” that targeted patients’ personal information, including names, birth dates and Social Security numbers. Read more on Miami Herald. The breach was not discovered…
Cytta Reports Online Hacking of their Nevada Secretary of State Officer and Director Data
Cytta Corp. (OTCQB: CYCA) wishes to report that it was the victim of an online hacking incident on October 30th, 2014 in that, unauthorized person or persons accessed the Nevada Secretary of State Corporate filing system known as “Silverflume” and surreptitiously altered the Officer and Director information contained therein. This Corporate information is the backbone of numerous very important systems including banking, regulatory and reporting throughout the US. The unauthorized person or…