KSTP reports: The Minnesota Department of Human Services were victims of a phishing email scam, where someone had the ability to access the information of approximately 21,000 individuals who interacted with the department. DHS confirmed the potential breach Thursday in a statement. DHS sent out a letter dated Tuesday to those individuals whose information may…
Month: October 2018
Hackers breach web hosting provider for the second time in the past year
Catalin Cimpanu reports: The South African branch of Hetzner, a well-known web hosting provider, has suffered its second security breach in the past year, ZDNet has learned from the company’s customers. According to an email affected users received this week, this second breach came to light last week, on Friday. Read more on ZDNet.
Senators request Google provide internal memo reportedly urging Google+ cover-up
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Three Republican senators have sent a letter to Google today demanding the company hand over an internal memo based on which Google decided to cover up a Google+ data leak instead of going public as most companies do. The existence of this internal memo came to light on Monday in a Wall…
Escaping Notice, by Laying Low
HIPAA lawyer Matt Fisher has a thoughtful commentary inspired by an OCR investigation first reported on this site. Unlike the FTC who have tended to demand 20-year monitoring plans as part of their settlements with entities that have data security breaches, OCR tends to use a more educative approach without monetary penalties or long-term monitoring in…
Alibaba passes blame for Alipay thefts to Apple
Asia Times reports: Chinese tech giant Alibaba warned users on Wednesday that they could be at risk from making cashless transactions or paying bills with its Alipay application on Apple gadgets, stressing that the security loophole was not the fault of its app but of the US firm. An Apple security breach was blamed by…
IE: Shock as man stumbles across confidential documents from Beaumont Hospital at side of road in Co Louth
Ailbhe Daly reports: A man told of his shock last night after finding confidential medical records at the side of a road. Jimmy McGuirk stumbled across the documents from the A&E of Dublin’s Beaumont Hospital on Friday as he picked up litter in Baltray, Co Louth. The 63-year-old said the files contained information on 29…