Joe Rojas-Burke reports the unsurprising news: Oregon’s Supreme Court upheld the dismissal of lawsuit seeking compensation for tens of thousands of people whose confidential records were stolen from Providence Health & Services in 2006. The breach occurred when a car prowler broke into a van parked overnight at the home of a Providence employee who…
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UK: Care home patients’ confidential details found in alley
An inquiry has been launched after confidential files containing personal information about care home patients were found discarded in an alley. Greenbanks Homecare, which describes itself as “the people who care”, recently moved out of its office in Gabalfa, Cardiff. But documents containing names, addresses and details of vulnerable and elderly people’s individual care were…
KY: Vets' Info Breached At VA Hospital
Personal information of almost 1,200 veterans was discovered unattended last month at the Robley Rex VA Medical Center in Louisville. Officials said information containing the names, Social Security numbers and discharge dates of approximately 1,182 veterans was found, unattended, in the lobby entrance of the facility. Read more on WLKY
WikiLeaks starts to publish hacked Stratfor emails
Stephen Grey reports: The anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks began publishing on Monday more than five million emails from a U.S.-based global security analysis company that has been likened to a shadow CIA. The emails, snatched by hackers, could unmask sensitive sources and throw light on the murky world of intelligence-gathering by the company known as Stratfor,…
Defense challenges restitution amount in fraud case
Dave Kolpack of Associated Press reports that a Nigerian convicted in a massive ID theft and fraud scheme is challenging the amount of restitution the court had ordered: Attorneys for a Canadian man convicted in what investigators said was one of the largest credit card schemes in U.S. history tediously denied Wednesday that he owes…
Ca: Police chiefs’ website suffers cyber attack
Add the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police to any list of law enforcement agencies attacked by Anonymous or its affiliates. A cyber attack on the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police’s website has only bolstered the organization’s support for the government’s controversial online surveillance bill, a spokesman said Saturday. The association took down the…