Following up on the data protection/breach problems in Turkey, BGN News reports that a breach in Ministry of Education IT system puts ID information of 15 million students, their parents, and teachers at risk: According to Cumhuriyet daily, the General Directorate of Information Infrastructure Systems as well as the General Directorate of Support Services memo titled “Password…
Month: January 2015
Florida man sentenced To 81 months in prison in ID theft scheme involving over 3,000 stolen identities
Providencia Llanos, a/k/a Providensia Llanos, a/k/a Providencia Allison, 36, of Miami Gardens, was sentenced on Friday to 81 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay $42,828 in restitution. Llanos previously pled guilty to one count of access device fraud, in violation of Title 18 United States Code,…
Ca: Anti-abortion activist snooped into patient records
Olivia Carville reports some additional details involving a breach at Peterborough Regional Health Centre that has been noted on PHIprivacy.net since 2012, including a lawsuit against the centre: An anti-abortion activist who worked at an Ontario hospital was sacked after a massive privacy breach in which abortion files, among other patient records, were inappropriately accessed. Dawn DeCiccio, a high-profile anti-abortion campaigner,…
Wingstop Announces Data Security Incident Affecting Four Franchise Locations
DALLAS — Wingstop today announced that four of its independently owned and operated franchise locations may have been impacted by a data security attack on point-of-sale (POS) systems that could have enabled attackers to capture customer payment card information such as account number, expiration date or cardholder name. After receiving indications of suspicious activity, the company…
Privacy concerns raised on Mass. medical marijuana e-mails
It’s deja vu all over again. First it was postal mail from Health Canada. Now it’s e-mail from Massachusetts. Kay Lazar reports: The subject line left little doubt about the contents of the e-mail sent by the Massachusetts health department. “Confirmation of Patient Certification in the Medical Use of Marijuana Online System,” it stated. More…
President Obama’s Security Breach Notification Bill Needs Work
Elizabeth H. Johnson and Lynn C. Percival IV of Poyner Spruill have their own objections to the President’s proposal for a federal data breach notification law. You can read their analysis and comments here.