Aha. It’s not just yours truly complaining about breaches where no information is readily available. One of the breaches I had cited as an example involved Upper Valley Medical Center. Citing the entry on HHS’s breach tool, I had written: Upper Valley Medical Center,OH,,”15,000?,10/01/2010-03/21/2012,Unauthorized Access/Disclosure,Other,7/3/2012,, The breach went on for over one year? There…
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Global Payments Takes Charge of $84 Million for Data Breach
Andrew R. Johnson of Dow Jones Newswires reports: Global Payments Inc. (GPN) said Thursday a security breach that exposed potentially millions of consumers’ payment cards to fraudsters will cost it $84.4 million. The Atlanta-based company, which processes card transactions for banks and merchants, recorded a pre-tax charge for the amount, equal to 68 cents of…
UK: Man claims hard drive bought at car boot sale contained personal data from West Cheshire College
Carmella de Lucia reports: A computer hard drive allegedly loaded with more than 50,000 personal details of students and tutors from West Cheshire College was sold at a hospital car boot sale. The discovery was made by a shocked Pioneer reader who bought the second-hand computer tower and hard drive for £5 from a sale…
Ca: Breach of Privacy at Eastern Health (updated)
VOCM reports: There has been a significant breach of privacy at Eastern Health involving about 122 patients. The authority says their records were inappropriately accessed by an employee, who has since been terminated. CEO Vickie Kaminski says there is zero tolerance of wilfil breaches of patient privacy. All employees sign a confidentiality pledge, and are…
Hackers steal AAPT customer data to protest web spying proposal
Ben Grubb reports: Hackers have stolen customer data from Australian ISP AAPT to highlight the dangers of a proposal to force telcos to store every Australian’s web history for up to two years. AAPT CEO David Yuile confirmed the security incident which occurred at 9.30pm last night in a statement to Fairfax Media this afternoon, saying he was “extremely concerned”….
Hackers hit Williston store
Jennifer Reading reports: WILLISTON, Vt. – “His card was used at Publix supermarkets in Boynton Beach, Florida-area 14 times in one day,” Richmond Police Chief Alan Buck said. In the last 48 hours, Chief Buck has been flooded with complaints about credit and debit card fraud. Vermont victims report their accounts are being wiped out…