Here’s an investigation that started after a tweet complaining about inadequate security. Mof Gimmers reports: Those exciting folks at The Information Commissioner’s Office are going to investigate Tesco over the way they protect the privacy of their customers online. The ICO probe comes on the back of claims from security experts who have a number…
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Eastern Health privacy breach triggers lawsuit
CBC News reports that one lawyer has filed potential class action lawsuits against both Western Health Authority and Eastern Health Authority in the wake of privacy breaches involving improper employee access or snooping in patients’ records: St. John’s lawyer Bob Buckingham is leading class action lawsuits against two health authorities. (CBC) Eastern Health disclosed in…
CA: Clerk arrested for allegedly leaking confidential, sealed federal files
Rina Palta reports: An FBI undercover officer allegedly bought sealed documents from the court clerk’s husband. Nune Gevorkyan was caught in a sting for allegedly leaking files. According to the FBI, an undercover agent approached Gevorkyan’s husband, Oganes Koshkaryan, about purchasing information from confidential, sealed federal files. Koshkaryan later returned with information on pending arrest…
UK: Children’s private and sensitive records leaked on internet from Independent Schools Guide site
Jason Lewis reports: Sensitive Information about hundreds of children, including details of their behavioural problems, has been leaked on the internet after an alleged cyber attack on a company advising parents about applying for top independent schools. The security breach led to the publication of 1,367 private records, including the names and addresses of pupils…
More details on the Florida Hospital breach
As I was looking for more media coverage on the Florida Hospital breach discussed earlier today, I was surprised to come across a news report from October 2011 that I had missed. I wasn’t surprised that I had missed the news story, but I was surprised by what it claimed. WFTV, which has been all…
Georgia Tax Return Preparer Pleads Guilty to Stolen Identity Refund Fraud Crimes
A tax return preparer from Macon, Ga., pleaded guilty Thursday to filing a false claim for tax refund, theft of government money and aggravated identity theft, the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue (IRS) announced. According to court documents, Willie C. Grant is a former tax return preparer who used many of his former clients’…