Ochsner is reporting yet another breach involving patient data: Staff at Ochsner Medical Center say an external hard drive containing patients’ personal and medical information is missing from the West Bank campus. The hard drive is designed to work with a bone density machine at the campus, and it was discovered missing Sunday. “After an…
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TN: Personal Information Found Dumped Behind Mo’ Money Taxes
Memphis police are investigating thousands of documents containing personal information in dumpsters at a Whitehaven area Mo’ Money Taxes business. Now the tax preparation business is the focus of a federal investigation by the IRS for identity theft. Officers were called to the embattles tax service’s location on the 4100-block of Elvis Presley on Monday,…
Mortal Online hacked, Star Vault encourages users to verify accounts
Jef Reahard reports: If you’ve got an active Mortal Onlne account, you may want to think seriously about changing your password. A new post on the sandbox title’s forum describes a security breach that led to the destruction of in-game assets and account status changes. The intrusion has since been contained, according to a Star Vault GM, and “additional security is…
UK: Computer whizz faces jail for writing programme to steal personal details of 8 MILLION people, including 400 PayPal accounts
Chris Parsons reports: A computer expert who ‘plotted a £350,000 fraud’ is facing jail today after admitting he stole the personal details of more than eight million people. Edward Pearson, 23, also admitted he illegally obtained the credit card details of 400 PayPal customers in an 18-month scam. Read more on The Daily Mail. Sadly,…
Loughner case: Judge allows access to psychologist's notes
Michael Kiefer reports: The judge in Jared Loughner’s case ruled that prosecutors can have access to notes made by Loughner’s prison psychologist during her evaluations of his mental health. The man charged in last year’s mass shootings near Tucson is undergoing restoration to competency at a federal hospital in Missouri. His attorney asked that federal…
Ie: Go4Less acknowledges online data breach
A travel agency has acknowledged an online data breach which meant that a number of customers’ personal data – including passport numbers – were publicly available for a short time. A security flaw on the Go4Less.ie website allowed members of the public to access the personal details, which also included phone numbers and addresses, of…