It seems like a breach that I never mentioned on this blog was the downfall of a firm. In December, 2011, Impairment Resources, LLC was the victim of a burglary. They reported the incident and I had included it on DataLossDB.org, but didn’t think much of it as there was nothing wildly unusual in their reports to suggest…
Author: Dissent
NZ: Privacy breach on 9000 ACC claims (updated)
Phil Kitchin reports on a breach involving sensitive personal information in New Zealand: Private details of more than 9000 ACC claims – some featuring well-known people – have been emailed to a person who should not have received them, in what is being described as one of the worst privacy breaches in New Zealand history….
Europe’s ‘youngest app designer’ expelled from school for hacking its IT system
ANI reports: A “computer whizzkid”, who was crowned Europe’s youngest application designer, has been expelled for hacking into his school’s computer system. Aaron Bond, 14, was expelled from King Edward VI College in Totnes, Devon for trying to access confidential information about staff and students and even the vice-principal’s financial information. He managed to access…
OR: Portland psychiatrist alerting patients personal information stolen
Nick Budnick reports: A Northwest Portland psychiatrist is putting out public notice that personal information of 480 current and former patients on a laptop was stolen from his office. A burglar broke into Dr. David Turner’s office last October, stealing the laptop and other items. Turner is now seeking current and former patients to inform…
AT&T Says One Of Its Service Providers Hacked Illegally Into Connecticut Customers’ Accounts
George Gombossy reports: AT&T is now admitting that one of its service providers hacked illegally into at least five Connecticut customers’ accounts. The admission, in a letter Thursday to the Connecticut Attorney General’s office, comes after months of denial by AT&T that it could have had anything to do with two security breaches of a…
Theft of location info: Revision of law necessary to protect privacy
From an editorial in The Korea Times: Subcontractors of two mobile carriers sold location information of 200,000 customers. The theft shows a deep hole in the protection of location information, and is a grave infringement of the privacy of subscribers. Police arrested engineers working for SK Telecom and KT for stealing and selling location information,…