Ebony Bowden reports: Police are investigating a second major privacy breach at a Melbourne high school which saw the personal information of families illegally accessed by a student. The breach at Camberwell High School follows a similar but unrelated incident at Blackburn High School two weeks ago where the personal information of families was illegally…
Month: May 2017
Ca: ‘Anomaly’ caused OHIP privacy breach
The province plans to resume mailing health card renewal notices more than a month after a printing “anomaly” caused a privacy breach. Incorrectly printed forms resulted in the personal information for thousands of children being mailed to strangers in April. A spokesperson for the Ministry of Government and Consumer Services, Harry Malhi, said in an…
Manitoba nurse fined $1,000 for privacy breach
Jane Gerster reports: A Manitoba nurse has been fined $1,000 for inappropriately accessing confidential patient information, the latest in a string of privacy breaches in recent years. The College of Registered Nurses of Manitoba isn’t releasing details about what information the female nurse looked at or why, but makes clear in a written decision posted…
Mallard Creek High School students’ records found blowing across streets
WSOC-TV reports that Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools’ officials were notified after residents found documents with Mallard Creek High School students’ names, addresses and other personal information blowing in the wind. The district acknowledges the information should have been shredded. Officials said a contractor hauling away the trash didn’t properly secure it, which caused some documents to spill…
Anonymous Member Playing with Houdini RAT and MoWare Ransomware
Catalin Cimpanu reports: A self-proclaimed member of the Anonymous hacker collective is behind a campaign to spread the Houdini RAT and is currently looking into deploying the MoWare H.F.D ransomware. The name of this “hacker” is Mohammed Raad, according to his Facebook profile, but he also goes online by the nickname of “vicswors baghdad,” according…
GA: Investigation into phishing attack at Augusta University
Miya Payton reports: Augusta University says a phishing attack hit faculty email accounts containing the health information of patients. A spokesperson for A-U confirms less than one percent of patients are impacted by the security breach. Officials say an unauthorized third party broke into the medical faculty email accounts. Read more on Fox54.