Kyodo News reports more data leak woes for Benesse Holdings. The correspondence education provider is still dealing with the fallout from a data theft last June that affected 28.95 million customers when a systems engineer working for an affiliate, Synform, downloaded personal information, including children’s names, addresses and birth dates, onto his smartphone. In September, the government…
Month: March 2015
MS: Gulfport woman accused in identity theft of hospice patient
There needs to be a special place in Hell for those who take advantage of the seriously ill or disabled. I don’t know if the accused did what she’s accused of, but whoever did should pay dearly for creating stress for a dying woman. Robin Fitzgerald reports: A Gulfport woman is accused of using a…
WA: Premera Blue Cross target of cyber-attack, personal information accessed (update 3)
The Edmonds Beacon reports: Premera Blue Cross announced on Tuesday, March 17 that it was the target of a cyber-attack, and customers personal information was accessed. According to the Premera website, attackers gained access to the IT systems. The attack initially occurred on May 5, 2014, but wasn’t discovered until Jan. 29, 2015. An investigation by…
Ca: Computer network security breach at Limestone District School Board
CKWS TV reports: The Limestone District School Board’s information technology department is trying to find out how a folder with personal information on staff became public – albeit for a short period of time. The information concerns all current board employees and past employees back to 2001. A memo to all staff – obtained by…
E. K. and Company notifies clients of stolen hard drive with financial information
I haven’t seen one of these “the data can’t be accessed without specialized software” reassurances in quite a while: Mark Riley, Inc. dba E. K. and Company (“E. K. and Company”) is an accounting and payroll processing company. On January 19, 2015, E. K. and Company’s office was broken into and a hard drive was…
Children’s National Health System notified 18,000 patients after employees fell for phishing scheme
From the Children’s National Medical Center web site: At Children’s National Health System (Children’s National), protecting the security and confidentiality of patient personal and medical information is of the utmost importance. Regrettably, this notice concerns an incident involving some of that information. On December 26, 2014, Children’s National learned that certain employee email accounts had…