It’s been a while since I’ve seen any reports of cleaning contractors accidentally disposing of patient records intended for shredding, but a recent report by Austin Pulmonary Consultants may be a useful reminder that all new cleaning vendors or contractors need to ensure their staff knows what is for disposal and what is for shredding. In…
Month: November 2016
AU: Human Services admits privacy breach.
Paris Cowan reports: The Department of Human Services has admitted it uploaded sensitive Medicare claims records to the wrong recipient’s electronic health records 86 times in the 12 months to 30 June 2016. DHS, which is responsible for the operation of the Medicare medical rebate scheme, is obliged under law to report any data breaches…
Secrets for hundreds of millions exposed in largest hack of 2016: Friend Finder Network
From LeakedSource.com: Friend Finder Network Inc is a company that operates a wide range of 18+ services and was hacked in October of 2016 for over 400 million accounts representing 20 years of customer data which makes it by far the largest breach we have ever seen — MySpace gets 2nd place at 360 million….
AU: Big W shutters online shopping after data leak
Juha Saarinen reports: Retailer Big W‘s website remains in browsing-only mode after a glitch meant shoppers were shown the personal information of other customers. In a notice to customers, Big W said the “technical issue” occured on Thursday November 10 between 1.50pm and 3pm. It meant “the first stage of the checkout process [was] pre-populated with the personal…
MLS seeks, finds, plugs data breach
Richard Mize reports: Home security system sales pitches were coming too soon and too accurately, hitting new homeowners and their real estate agents immediately after closing. Realtors smelled a rat. People were getting hit up for ADT Security systems based on private data, clearly. Plus, the ADT Security reseller was making it sound like the…
ElSurveillance hacks and dumps two more dating sites; warns users about “Russian black hats”
The hacktivist known as ElSurveillance, whose operation is #EscortsOffline, is back with two more data dumps from dating sites. The first target was 24luv.com, where ElSurveillance claims he hacked and dumped 92,937 users’ email addresses and plain-text passwords. In a defacement on the site, ElSurveillance writes, in part: I compromised this website about four months ago and…