Nazia Dewji reports that a mailing error by Kingston Council resulted in 100 rent statements being sent out with the first page belonging to one tenant’s account and the second page belonging to a different person: The data included details of housing benefits entitlements and other benefits, the name of the bank each tenant used,…
Author: Dissent
Atlanta Student Suspended for Breach of School Database
Jeff Goldman reports: A 19-year-old student at Atlanta’s Booker T. Washington High School was recently suspended for seven days for stealing his father’s user name and password in order to change 18 fellow students’ attendance and course assignment records in exchange for money — the student’s father is a counselor at the school. The students…
Missouri senator blocks prescription drug database
David A. Lieb of Associated Press reports: A Missouri senator who is a family physician succeeded Thursday in scuttling legislation that would have authorized a government database to track people’s prescription drug purchases. Republican Sen. Rob Schaaf and his allies led an eight-hour filibuster against the legislation, soliciting supportive emails and faxes that they read…
Prime hospital cited for patient confidentiality violation
Lance Williams reports on a case previously covered on this blog: A Prime Healthcare Services hospital in Redding broke state law when it publicized a patient’s confidential medical files in an effort to discredit a California Watch news report, state regulators say. The state Department of Public Health on Tuesday issued five “deficiencies” against Shasta…
Seven PRHC jobs lost over privacy breaches
Elizabeth Bower reports: Seven people have lost their jobs at the Peterborough hospital since the start of the year for accessing patient records when they were not entitled to do so, an official says. Jane Parr, Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC) vice president and chief human resources officer, says 280 patients have had their privacy…
Four Irish, British suspects helped Stratfor hack: U.S.
I updated specific incident reports on DataLossDB.org yesterday, but thought I should mention this here, too. Basil Katz of Reuters reports: Federal prosecutors said four Irish and British men charged in a crackdown on the international hacking group Anonymous also helped breach the security analysis company Stratfor last year. In an indictment made public on…