ZeeNews reports: Beijing: A leak of personal information from online train ticket sales ahead of the busiest travel season of the year has spurred public outcry in China over internet vulnerability. The leaked information includes usernames, passwords, emails and a trove of personal data used for buying tickets on the official ticket-selling website of China Railway Corporation (CRC). CRC…
Month: December 2014
Anonymous no more: Gravedigger finally will get his due at psychiatric hospital
Dan Barry of the NY Times reports: Over several decades, an immigrant dug more than 1,500 graves for his fellow patients at Willard State Psychiatric Hospital in upstate New York. He took pride in his shovel’s precision. And when he died in 1968, he joined them in anonymity, his grave — like all the others…
Ho ho how many? Breaches newly disclosed by HHS
Today’s update to HHS’s public breach tool sheds light on some previously reported breaches and over half a dozen new ones: The armed robbery of a Brigham and Women’s Hospital physician impacted 999 patients. Newly Revealed: North Big Horn Hospital in Wyoming reported that 1,607 patients were affected by a breach on October 2nd involving…
FBI warned Year Ago of impending Malware Attacks—But Didn’t Share Info with Sony
Jana Winter reports: Nearly one year before Sony was hacked, the FBI warned that U.S. companies were facing potentially crippling data destruction malware attacks, and predicted that such a hack could cause irreparable harm to a firm’s reputation, or even spell the end of the company entirely. The FBI also detailed specific guidance for U.S…
Contractor security flaw puts data of 7,000 veterans at risk
Jason Miller reports: The Veterans Affairs sustained another data breach, putting more than 7,000 veterans at risk of identity theft. A VA spokesman said in an email that a potential flaw in one of its patient databases managed by a vendor to provide home telehealth services may have exposed personal information of veterans. The contractor…
Harmonic strikes discordant note with employee data protection
And here’s yet another recent case out of California where a laptop with personal information was stolen from a vehicle. This time, it’s Harmonic: We are writing to inform you of a potential information security incident involving your personal information. While Harmonic does not know whether your personal information has been or will be misused,…