Kim Yoo-chul reports: SK Communications, operator of the immensely-popular Cyworld (www.cyworld.com) social network website, is challenging a damage compensation awarded to one of its customers who sued the company over its lax protection of private data. She is among many users of Cyworld and Nate (www.nate.com) , another SK Communications service, who have pursued legal…
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GE Healthcare Admits Sending NHS Patient Data To US
This report by Steve McCaskill first appeared in April, but I just came across it now: Personal details of 600,000 patients were sent to the US following a mistake made by the NHS’s IT provider, GE Healthcare. GE Healthcare admitted to TechWeekEurope that the error had occurred after it had obtained more patient data than…
South Shore Hospital to Pay $750,000 to Settle Data Breach Allegations
It started with an announcement in July 2010 that computer backup tapes with data on 800,000 were missing. It proceeded to confusion as to what business associates or vendors were involved and the sequence of events. But things started getting really ugly over a dispute between South Shore Hospital and the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office,…
Correction to Earlier Post
In a post this morning, I incorrectly identified the breached entity as Gannett. It was not Gannet, but GCI, another firm with the same initials. My apologies to Gannett for my error.
Update: Belfast councillors’ bank details blunder cost almost £65k
Remember that breach involving Belfast city councillors’ bank details? Lesley-Anne McKeown of the Belfast Telegraph reports on what the breach cost the city: A report presented to councillors has found that dealing with the security breach which was blamed on ‘human error’ cost £64,250 — most of which went on legal fees. Read more on…
China continues to root out traders in stolen personal info
BBC reports that Beijing authorities have arrested 160 on charges of stealing personal information and have shut down 13 sites allegedly involved in trading stolen personal information. This is in addition to the 1,700 arrested last month. Read more on BBC.