IBT reports that purported O2 customer data is for sale on the dark net. But the while customer data does appear to be involved, the breach was not O2’s. As Warwick Ashford reports on ComputerWeekly: O2 said its investigations into unauthorised access of some of its users’ accounts led to a reported data breach from the…
Month: July 2016
Two Oklaloosa County paramedics facing charges in “selfie” competition using patients
Samantha Read reports: The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a former paramedic and, and another one turned himself in after warrants were issued for his arrest regarding a “selfie” war using patients in ambulances, some of whom were unconscious. Former Okaloosa County Emergency Medical Services paramedic Kayla Renee Dubois, 24, of Navarre, is charged…
Ca: King’s counselling department breaches students’ privacy
Amy O’Kruk reports: A King’s staff member accidentally breached hundreds of students’ privacy when an email outed the list of students currently using King’s counselling department services for academic accommodation. The privacy breach happened after a King’s University College staff member emailed 451 students to remind them to book appointments at King’s Counselling and Student…
Athens Orthopedic Clinic to begin notifying patients of hack (UPDATE2)
On June 26, this site reported that a database with almost 397,000 patient records was up for sale on the dark net. I subsequently tentatively identified the entity as Athens Orthopedic Clinic in Georgia, but they never officially confirmed that it was their data, noting only that they were investigating and had only first found…
Texas physicians group notifies patients of unauthorized disclosure
It seems like a previously reported incident involved Dr. Mario Gross also impacted Premier Family Care I, Inc. in TX. They notified HHS on July 20 that 1,326 patients were affected. The notice was posted on Premier Physicians’ site. Premier Physicians Notifies Patients of Records Security Incident MIDLAND, TX – June 7, 2016 – Premier…
Wikileaks Put Women in Turkey in Danger, for No Reason
Zeynep Tufekci writes: Just days after a bloody coup attempt shook Turkey, Wikileaks dumped some 300,000 emails they chose to call “Erdogan emails.” In response, Turkey’s internet governance body swiftly blocked access to Wikileaks. For many, blocking Wikileaks was confirmation that the emails were damaging to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the government, revealing…