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Today’s trivia question

Posted on November 22, 2012 by Dissent

Let’s see how long you’ve been reading DataBreaches.net. Three countries have experienced breaches involving their entire population or almost their entire population. Can you name them? I’ll post the answer tomorrow.

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“The Haley Effect?”

Posted on November 22, 2012 by Dissent

In response to my post yesterday about Governor Haley’s repeated mis-statements, Centennial Man writes: Perhaps we have a new meme to complement the Streisand Effect. The Haley Effect is the repeated attempt by politicians to convince voters that they know something when they clearly do not… There’s always room for a good meme. The Haley…

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Numbers from Nationwide Insurance breach dribble out (update7)

Posted on November 22, 2012 by Dissent

I wish companies would heed my advice and get the bad news out at all once instead of staying in the news cycle as each new revelation hits the media. We are starting to get numbers on the hack of Nationwide Insurance and Allied Insurance that I reported here on November 17: Georgia reports 28,467…

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UK: Plymouth City Council fined £60,000 for sending child neglect report to wrong person

Posted on November 22, 2012 by Dissent

I’m guessing that Plymouth City Council isn’t giving thanks today – the Information Commissioner’s Office smacked them with a fine of £60,000 for a data protection breach that occurred in November 2011 when  the details of a child neglect case were sent to the wrong recipient. The breach occurred when two social workers used a shared printer…

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Scripps College reports second breach this year

Posted on November 22, 2012 by Dissent

It has not been a great year for infosecurity for Claremont-based Scripps College, it seems. Back in July, they disclosed that an employee had been sharing student financial aid applications with an unauthorized individual on and off since 2008.  The employee was not thought to have any malicious intent, but it was still a breach,…

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NZ: Immigration staff axed over privacy breaches

Posted on November 22, 2012 by Dissent

Danya Levy reports: Immigration New Zealand has breached the privacy of more than 200 people – most of whom were not informed – in incidents in the past three years that led to 10 staff members losing their jobs. It follows privacy breaches by state agencies including Work and Income, Inland Revenue and ACC, and…

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