Waqas reports: Kagoya, a famous hosting service provider in Japan has suffered a security breach in which personal and financial data of its customers has been stolen. In an email to their customers, Kagoya stated that the hack attack was discovered this month after an in-house screening which revealed that customers who used their credit cards between April 1, 2015,…
Month: December 2016
Argentinian government site hacked after they didn’t respond to warnings
Another day, another entity that gets hacked and their data dumped because they ignored warnings, it seems. But for reasons that are unclear to me, Softpedia seems to be making a low-level breach sound like something much more than it appears to be. Bogdan Popa reports: The official website of the Argentinian Ministry of Industry…
UK: Patient claims Musgrove Park Hospital breached her privacy by showing photos of her recovering foot without consent
Amy Cole reports: A woman has hit out at Musgrove Park Hospital after photos of her recovering foot were used in a training seminar without her consent. Read more about what happened on Somerset County Gazette. Some of the commenters on that site were not particularly sympathetic to her complaint.
University of Vermont notifies some of stolen USB drive
The University of Vermont has been notifying some individuals that a USB drive with their information was in an employee’s purse that was stolen. The university learned of the theft on September 15, and the employee notified the police. The USB drive reportedly contained the following types of information: Completed UVM disclosure notices that had the employees’…
Isle of Man: DHSC ‘open-minded’ over data loss cause
Manx Radio reports: Health and social care bosses say they have to be open-minded amid concerns government data has been leaked. A recording device has been removed from DHSC premises without consent. It’s said to contain taped meetings on children and families. Read more on Manx Radio.
NM: Charges dropped in insider hacking allegations case
Antonio Sanchez reports an update to a case previously noted on this blog one year ago: All charges against a former employee of a Rio Rancho internet service company, including embezzlement and extortion, were dismissed this fall due to a lack of evidence, according to court documents. The 13th Judicial District Attorney’s Office dropped the…