Bob Sullivan reports: Some Expedia.com customers are getting emails from the firm warning that a would-be criminal has obtained “unauthorized access … (to) your name, phone number, email address and travel booking.” The details are being used in an attempt to trick customers into sharing even more personal information, the firm says. […] Sarah Gavin, head…
Month: June 2015
MO: Cellphone repair shop employee arrested for invasion of privacy
Joe McLean reports: A Jefferson City man faces charges of taking and sharing explicit photos of several women. A woman told Jefferson City police on June 11 that sexually explicit photos of her were shared with a group of people without her consent. The victim had recently taken her cellphone to iRepair, a cellphone repair…
Florida telemarketer, under FTC watch, suffers data breach
Jeremy Kirk reports: A Florida-based computer tech support call center has suffered a data breach, with customer records being abused by fraudsters trying to get access to online bank accounts. The data breach is the latest problem for Advanced Tech Support, an inbound call center based in Boca Raton, which is run by Inbound Call Experts. Read…
CYBERSECURITY: Recent Data Breaches Illustrate Need for Strong Controls across Federal Agencies – GAO
CYBERSECURITY: Recent Data Breaches Illustrate Need for Strong Controls across Federal Agencies GAO-15-725T: Published: Jun 24, 2015. Publicly Released: Jun 24, 2015. From the highlights of a newly-released GAO report: GAO has identified a number of challenges federal agencies face in addressing threats to their cybersecurity, including the following: Designing and implementing a risk-based cybersecurity program….
Heathcare.gov database stirs privacy worries
Michael Hardy reports: The government stores personal information on millions of Americans who have used the Healthcare.gov system, a situation which is raising privacy concerns as the recent successful attack that compromised Office of Personnel Management data makes plain the damage that hackers can do. Called the Multidimensional Insurance Data Analytics System, or MIDAS, the…
Saudi Arabia: Medical center in Jazan dumps patient files on the street
Arab News reports: Passers-by were surprised on Wednesday to see a private health center in Jazan had thrown out patient files complete with all health documents and personal information onto Prince Sultan Road. A large number of patient files had been thrown from the top of the center onto the public street, creating a huge…