Michele Paduano reports: As many as 10,000 NHS patients may have been affected by a series of data protection breaches by a private firm. A leaked report from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) revealed patient data was stored unencrypted by Birmingham company Diagnostic Health. The company, which carries out ultrasound scans for the NHS, said…
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Cantor’s Defeat: Impact on Breach Law
Eric Chabrow reports: Kentucky became the 47th state to enact a breach notification law last week. And while a national law superseding the widely varying state statutes is long overdue, the primary election defeat of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor makes passing such a bill tougher. Read more on GovInfoSecurity.com.
UK: Scores of blunders sees Norfolk councils breach data laws over confidential information
Freedom of information requests are useful tools for uncovering breaches. Dan Grimmer reports on what one such investigation revealed: Personal information about some of the most vulnerable people in the region has been lost, misused or mistakenly shared because of a string of blunders at local councils, new statistics have shown. The catalogue of mistakes…
Stratfor hack: what the forensics showed
Cryptome has uploaded Verizon’s forensic investigation of the Stratfor hack in 2011. Their investigation began in December 2011 and was concluded in February 2012. You can read the report here (66 pp., pdf).
Sony Strikes $15M Deal To Settle Litigation Over Playstation Hack (updated)
It looks like Sony has reached a proposed settlement in the multidistrict litigation over the 2011 hack that affected millions of PlayStation customers. The article is behind a paywall, but I imagine we’ll see more on this soon. Update: Bloomberg BNA provides the proposed settlement and additional coverage.
CT Attorney General Investigating Possible Data Breach At Community Health Center
Shawn R. Beals reports: The state Attorney General is investigating a possible data breach at the Community Health Center after a complaint by the non-profit health center’s former information technology director. Ali Eslami, who worked for CHC for 14 years before he was fired in February, said he has been in contact with attorneys there…