The University of Tampa has issued a breach notice: On March 13, 2012, the Office of Information Technology (IT) learned that due to a server management error, a University of Tampa data file containing sensitive information was publicly accessible for a certain period of time. There is no evidence the file has been used maliciously….
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Edmund Optics hacked; customer credit card information acquired
On Monday, Edmund Optics issued a statement on its web site about a security breach: On Sunday, February 26, 2012 Edmund Optics identified suspicious activity on our website and quickly determined there had been a breach of our security. Actions were taken immediately to stop the intrusion, increase security and prevent further unauthorized access to…
Georgia Health Sciences University notifying 513 patients of security breach after laptop stolen from nurse's home
This notice was posted today on Georgia Health Science University’s web site, although I don’t see a link to it from their home page: Georgia Health Sciences University has notified 513 patients about the theft of a laptop computer that may have contained some of their personal information. On Jan. 18, a nurse practitioner who works…
Namibia: Rape Case Documents Stolen in Break-in
Tunomukwathi Asino reports on what could be a very serious data breach: The State on Tuesday succeeded in having the bail hearing in the case in which a Telecom sales executive stands accused of raping three of his biological daughters, between 1997 and 2012, postponed to Friday. The reason for the postponement was because documents…
Health-record privacy impeding medical research
I’ve blogged about the issue of medical privacy rights of the dead a number of times over the past few years, including a case in Nebraska, another case in Connecticut, and even the rights of mummies. It’s a complex issue because depending on how far back one goes and what one is researching, one might…
MF Global clients’ details published by KPMG
Norma Cohen and Philip Stafford report: Private clients of MF Global reacted angrily on Wednesday to what several said was a severe breach of privacy, after KPMG, administrator to the UK arm of the failed futures broker, published their identities, home addresses and the sums owed to them. The list, which includes corporate and institutional clients from the…