Saw this item on CrimeRussia under High Profile Cases. I’m not sure why they call this a high profile case, but it seems like sensitive info is sensitive info no matter what country you live in, and having papers with medical info floating around is just not acceptable in Russia, either. The Regional Prosecutor’s Office…
Month: April 2019
Equifax forced to report to the Privacy Commissioner of Canada for six years as a result of 2017 data breach
Vito Pilieci reports: The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada will monitor American credit agency Equifax Inc. for the next six years after an investigation into a massive data breach of personal information at the firm in 2017. […] The commissioner has also released a “compliance agreement” with the company that cracks down on…
Yahoo strikes $117.5 million data breach settlement after earlier accord rejected
Jonathan Stempel reports: Yahoo has struck a revised $117.5 million settlement with millions of people whose email addresses and other personal information were stolen in the largest data breach in history. The proposed class-action settlement made public on Tuesday was designed to address criticisms of U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose, California. She…
MA: Baystate Health suffers data breach affecting 12,000 patients
AP reports: A Massachusetts hospital says a data breach exposed information about some 12,000 patients. Baystate Health of Springfield said Monday that a phishing incident resulted in unauthorized access to the email accounts of several employees between Feb. 7 and March 7. The hospital says the accounts included patient names and dates of birth, certain…
TX: Weslaco hospital: patient data potentially compromised
Weslaco Regional Rehabilitation Hospital is notifying patients their information may have been compromised, according to a news release the hospital sent Monday. The hospital’s investigation, which included a third-party forensic firm, found that some employees’ email accounts were compromised in October 2018, the news release stated. Some emails included patient data, including names, dates of…
China Plans to Ban Cryptocurrency Mining in Renewed Clampdown
Edward Chan reports: China signaled its intent to ban cryptocurrency mining, dealing a fresh blow to an industry buffeted by tumbling virtual currency prices, stiff competition and waning investor interest. The National Development Reform Commission, the country’s powerful economic planner, this week listed crypto-mining among a plethora of industries it intends to eliminate because they…