Darren Pauli reports: A security man has mapped and hacked insecure connected kettles across London, proving they can leak WiFi passwords. The iKettle is designed to save users precious seconds spent waiting for water to boil by allowing the kitchen staple to be turned on using a smartphone app. Pen Test Partners bod Ken Munro…
Month: October 2015
Teen claims he hacked CIA director’s AOL account, posts contact list and files online (Update1)
From the yeah-this-probably-needs-to-be-investigated dept.: Hillary Rodham Clinton’s e-mail scandal didn’t stop the head of the CIA from using his own personal AOL account to stash work-related documents, according to a stoner high-school student who claims to have hacked into them. CIA Director John Brennan’s private account held sensitive files — including his 47-page application for top-secret…
UK: GP surgery apologizes after mailing error exposes children’s personal information
atroughton reports: GP surgery bosses have apologised to parents after letters containing personal information about children were sent to the wrong addresses. Bosses at the Latham House Medical Practice in Melton have apologised after up to 200 child flu vaccination consent forms were sent out to the wrong addresses. These forms gave the child’s name, date…
2 Manitoba nurses fined $1K each for breaching patient privacy
CBC News reports that two nurses have been fined for privacy violations that did not involve snooping: Two Manitoba nurses have been slapped with $1,000 fines each in two separate incidents in which the confidential medical information of a patient was shared — in violation of privacy rules. Read more on CBC News.
NHS Health Apps Library closing amid questions about app security & quality: what can we learn?
Satish Misra, M.D. writes: The United Kingdom’s National Health Service (NHS) launched the Health Apps Library as part of their NHS Choices program in 2013. It was pitched as a pilot program, one that would guide patients and clinicians to safe, effective health apps. And now after a troubled two years, the NHS Health Apps…
UK: York school admits data breach after unprotected memory stick is lost
Mike Laycock reports: A top public school in York has launched an investigation after a memory stick containing important data was lost, apparently on public transport. St Peter’s School says the device, which was not protected by a password, contained a number of documents ‘relating to the governance of the school.’ It says it is contacting a small…