Kieren McCarthy reports: Half of America’s Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) servers are running Windows Server 2003, despite extended support for it ending in July. That’s according to a report by the Treasury Inspector General that took a look at the IRS’ $139m upgrade program. The report is distinctly unimpressed and notes that the IRS “did not follow established policies…
Month: October 2015
University of Oklahoma’s Urology Clinic notifying 9,300 of possible HIPAA breach after yet another laptop is stolen from a physician’s car
In July, the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine – Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology notified almost 7,700 patients after a laptop was stolen from physician’s car. Now the University of Oklahoma’s Urology Clinic is notifying 9,300 patients about the theft of another laptop with protected health information. From their statement: The University of Oklahoma takes patient…
Vote imminent on controversial US cyber security ‘sharing’ bills?
Darren Pauli reports: US Senate and House committee members are confident twin security bills will be passed in the coming weeks, making serious inroads into the perennial failure that is cyber security information sharing. The bipartisan bills would offer liability protection to organisations who supply de-anonymised security threat information with the US government. The Protecting…
Polish police detain unnamed computer hacker for hack of unnamed bank
A computer hacker who had infiltrated a Polish bank has been detained by the country’s police. The 31-year-old hacker allegedly broke into and stole data from the servers of an unnamed bank in Poland. “His arrest is the result of several months of work. Tomasz G. [name withheld under Polish privacy laws] had received several…
Uber Left Hundreds of Drivers’ Licenses and Social Security Numbers Exposed
Motherboard reports: Due to an apparent mistake, Uber left the personal information of what appears to be hundreds of drivers exposed online, including their Social Security numbers, scans of driver licenses, tax forms, and other data. The data leak seems to be linked to the company’s new “Uber partner” app, designed to provide drivers with…
NM: Investigators still don’t know how Nusenda Credit Union members’ banking info obtained by alleged criminal
Matt Howerton reports: New Mexico State Police are still trying to understand how a man charged with multiple counts of identity theft and unauthorized use of an ATM card got the banking information of 35 people to withdraw thousands of dollars fraudulently. Investigators arrested Chris Garcia and James Rogers at the end of September and charged the two…