Maureen McKinney reports: Exeter (N.H.) Hospital is pushing back against New Hampshire investigators, arguing that the state’s request for access to hospital medical records in connection with a criminal investigation is a violation of patient privacy laws. The hospital received wide attention in July when David Kwiatkowski, a lab technician formerly employed at the hospital,…
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UK: Police Security Tightened After Assange Supporter ‘Steals’ Data
Tom Brewster reports: Police security measures have been increased, after a hacker claimed to have stolen logins and passwords from two forces’ websites, apparently as part of the campaign on behalf of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Both Hertfordshire and Nottinghamshire police forces confirmed to TechWeekEurope that they were investigating the claims, made by a hacker purportedly protesting for…
BMO Harris Bank notifies customers after laptop stolen from vendor
In the healthcare sector today, Harris County Hospital District reported a breach. In the financial sector, it’s BMO Harris Bank reporting a breach today. Any other Harris’s want to disclose a breach so we can have a Harris breach trifecta? Paul Gores reports: BMO Harris Bank said Thursday it has sent letters to an undisclosed number…
Harris County Hospital District notifies patients whose data were stolen by an employee
Patients of Harris County Hospital District in Texas who were patients between April 14, 2008 and February 11, 2011 are first being notified that their information may have been stolen by an employee. In a notice posted on their site, David S. Lopez, President/CEO, writes that they wish to “urgently call your attention to the…
Council data breaches increase by ‘alarming’ 1,600 per cent
Data breaches across the UK have dramatically increased in the past five years, figures released under freedom of information laws have revealed. Information disclosed by the Information Commissioner’s Office to a data security firm showed a major growth in self-reported data breaches every year. On average the increase since 2007 stood at more than 1,000…
50 busted in Shanghai for stealing and selling personal info (updated)
Zha Minjie reports: Shanghai police said today that they have bust a criminal ring that sold personal information to businesses for illegal gains. Police detained 50 suspects and found nearly 200 million pieces of personal information, such as cellphone numbers and home addresses, in their computers. One suspect surnamed Zhang took advantage of his assignment…