A major security breach at Essex County Council has exposed 400 vulnerable people to identity theft and led to the dismissal of an employee. Names, addresses and financial information about people in “substantial” and “critical” need of care were sent from the Adults Health and Community Wellbeing Department to a computer outside of County Hall….
Author: Dissent
Road Runner Safe Storage’s Security Breach (updated)
Seen on dslreports.com: “Dear Customer, We are writing to inform you of a recent security incident involving your Road Runner Safe Storage account, which may have exposed your password. Recently, an unauthorized third party accessed one of our databases. As soon as we learned of the attack, we limited all access to the database and…
D.C.: Metro website security breach made personal data accessible to public
Kris Van Cleave reports a breach involving the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority web site: Metro officials say that they’re working diligently to fix a security breach on their website that potentially allowed a person to access the personal information of anyone who has applied for a job with WMATA. That data could be accessed…
Health exchange privacy concerns overblown, experts say
Taylor Armerding reports the conflicting opinions of privacy experts on the risks associated with health exchanges. You can read his coverage on PC Advisor.
Half a million credit cards stolen from Aussie business
Darren Pauli reports: An Eastern European crime syndicate has hacked into a small Australian business and stolen details of half a million credit cards from the company’s network. It was suspected the attack could result in more than $25 million in fraudulent transactions. The Australian Federal Police, together with foreign national law enforcement agencies, are…
Server stolen from Arizona physician results in notification of almost 5,000 patients
Arizona physician Jeffrey Paul Edelstein M.D., notified HHS that a computer server stolen from a locked closet in his office on May 28th contained information on 4,800 patients. In a notification letter to affected patients dated July 24, Dr. Edelstein noted that preliminary investigation suggested the theft was committed by someone who had key access…