From DutchNews.nl: Private information about patients is ‘there for the taking’ at some Dutch pharmacies, according to a new report by the privacy watchdog CBP, theVolkskrant reports on Friday. Local authority and amusement park data bases are also extremely vulnerable to hackers, the watchdog says. The CPB looked at 15 public and private organisations in terms…
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Central Connecticut State University server infected with Z-Bot; over 18,000 notified of incident
A statement linked from CCSU’s home page, dated today: Central Connecticut State University officials have announced that a security breach in a CCSU Business Office computer exposed the Social Security Numbers of current and former faculty, staff, and student workers to potential misuse. James Estrada, the University’s Chief Information Officer, says the computer was infected…
DHI Mortgage notifies loan applicants of server breach (Update 4)
A reader sends along an e-mail he received DHI Mortgage in Texas: We have reason to believe that the integrity of your personal information may have been compromised due to a security breach of the DHI Mortgage Loan Prequalification Website. On the evening of Friday, February 10, 2012, DHI Mortgage became aware that a software security…
NC: Online security breach hits Charlotte college campus, officials warn
Chris Dyches reports: School officials say an online security breach has hit a Charlotte college campus and they are still trying to figure out how much information was potentially risked. According to the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, the breach hit the UNC-Charlotte campus and put information for students and staff at risk, they…
WI: Dozens of Weather Shield employees victims of identity fraud
Megan Wiebold reports: Dozens of employees of a Rusk County business say they’ve been victims of identity theft. The sheriff’s department says current and former Weather Shield employees have tried to file their tax returns, only to learn someone else, who they didn’t know, already had filed under their name. […] This isn’t the first…
NYC: Confidential patient records found in the open
Sandra E. García reports: As some members of the ARC XVI Fort Washington Heights Senior Center made their way to the center this past Thurs., Feb. 9th for breakfast, they walked past a patch of sidewalk covered in white. But the previous night’s snowfall was not the culprit. Instead, confidential patient records from the Doshi…