Oh, for pity’s sake (you can substitute more colorful language if you are so inclined). DJO Global has sent out a notification about the theft of a backpack from a DJO consultant’s car on November 7 in Roseville, Minnesota. The backpack contained a laptop computer that had password protection (but not any encryption). For some…
Month: December 2014
Australians may forgo online mental health help under new metadata laws
Ben Westcott reports: Innovative Australian online mental health providers could be deserted by clients under the government’s controversial new metadata laws. One of the developers of a widely used Canberra-based online mental health program said the new policy would affect the site’s ability to provide anonymity and freedom from stigma. But the Attorney-General’s Department said…
Judge disciplined for use of position to breach privacy
Jason Pan reports: A New Taipei City District Court judge has been disciplined by the Judicial Yuan’s Judge Evaluation Committee (JEC) in a recent probe. The committee ruled that judge Lin Yen-peng (林晏鵬) had abused his position to infringe on someone’s privacy by conducting searches into confidential judiciary files, arising from traffic litigation case three…
Physicians Skin & Weight Centers notifies patients after laptop and hard drive stolen from employee's car
It’s not up on HHS’s public breach tool nor on their own web site, but a copy of the following notice from Physicians Skin & Weight Centers was sent to the California Attorney General’s web site: To past and current patients of Physicians Skin & Weight Centers, Inc: On November 4, 2014, an employee’s vehicle was…
Verifying leaks uncovers “fake leaks”
Posted by @Cyber_War_News to Pastebin today: Today has been interesting, to say the least. Skipping all the bullshit lets get right to the main stinky shit. Anonymous twitter user @AnonymousGlobo announced earlier today this: https://twitter.com/AnonymousGlobo/status/547426305151860736 https://twitter.com/AnonymousGlobo/status/548537460691857408 Now after working with data leaks for years now it became clearly obvious to me that this was fake….
IL: St. Charles students expelled after computer hack
I wasn’t going to post this story from the week before Christmas, but because @Cyber_War_News tweeted it to me and in light of recent hijinks over PlayStation Network and Xbox, I’ve re-thought things. Associated Press reports: St. Charles school district officials have expelled two high school students who they say shut down the district’s computer…