Martyn Halle and Nicola Fifield report: The confidential patient data of 31 new mums at a scandal-hit NHS hospital was posted on Facebook by a medic. Sensitive details were revealed by Italian researcher Luigi Carbone, who was working on a study to improve detection of pregnancies with a high risk of pre-eclampsia. Mr Carbone uploaded a photo of his laptop…
Month: July 2017
In: NIFT student arrested for hacking Institute website
Local Police arrested an eighth semester NIFT student last evening for hacking the official website of National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) and tampering with the marks-sheets, police said here today.Kangra Sub Divisional Police officer Surinder Sharma told UNI this evening that NIFT Director S Balasidartha had lodged a complaint with police today that the…
Veterans Administration responds to Freedom of Information request; releases breach reports
So what did we miss because the Veterans Administration stopped posting their monthly breach reports to Congress on their web site? DataBreaches.net filed a Freedom of Information request on June 7, and the VA has responded by providing all of the requested monthly reports for the period May, 2016 – June 7, 2017. As an…
Ashley Madison parent corp in proposed $11.2 million data breach settlement
Jonathan Stempel reports: The owner of the Ashley Madison adultery website said on Friday it will pay $11.2 million to settle U.S. litigation brought on behalf of roughly 37 million users whose personal details were exposed in a July 2015 data breach. Ruby Corp, formerly known as Avid Life Media Inc, denied wrongdoing in agreeing…
Atlanta neurological clinic notifies patients of ransomware attack AND an older hack
In the process of investigating a ransomware incident, Peachtree Neurological Clinic discovered an earlier hack going back to February 2016. They posted the following notice on their web site: Peachtree Neurological Clinic, P.C. (“PNC”) of Atlanta, Georgia has advised its patients of a privacy event that may have compromised certain personal information. The events are…
How about the truth, the WHOLE truth, and….. ?
So Harvest Bible Chapel d/b/a Walk in the Word Ministries notified donors of a vendor breach that they learned about on May 30, 2017. We determined that the unknown individual may have accessed payment information, including name, address, telephone number, credit/debit card, or checking account information depending on the form of payment you used on our…