Megan Poinski reports: Personal information about licenses and unemployment – including names, addresses, birth dates, credit card and Social Security numbers – was left relatively unguarded on computers at the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, and may have been targeted for fraud, according to legislative auditors. The audit of DLLR’s Office of the Secretary,…
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SEC Warns Staff Their Stocks Data Was Exposed (Update 1)
From the heeding-their-own-advice dept.: The Securities and Exchange Commission is warning staffers that their personal brokerage account information may have been compromised, after it uncovered security flaws with an ethics compliance program.%
Three more breaches
The following entries have been added to HHS’s breach tool, although I haven’t as yet found any media coverage or notices to explain them: “Diversified Resources, Inc.”,GA, 863, 8/11/2011, Theft,Laptop “Health Research Institute, Inc., Pfeiffer Treatment Center”,IL, 2,000, 7/1/2011, Theft,”Desktop Computer, Network Server” “Freda J. Bowman MD, PA”, TX,” 1,300, 8/8/2011,”Unauthorized Access/Disclsoure, Hacking/IT Incident”,Network Server
Defense Dept. hit with $4.9B lawsuit over data breach
Jaikumar Vijayan reports: The U.S. Department of Defense has been hit with a $4.9 billion lawsuit over a recently disclosed data breach involving TRICARE, a healthcare system for active and retired military personnel and their families. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Washington D.C. this week by four people whose data was allegedly compromised, seeks…
IM: Memory stick with private details of mental health patients is lost
A memory stick containing confidential information on people with learning disabilities and with mental illness has been lost. Although the memory stick was lost in August, the news has only been revealed today by the Department of Social Care. It was lost by an employee of Praxis Care Isle of Man which ‘provides a range…
AU: First State Superannuation fails to adequately secure online accounts, then threatens the security researcher?
First, let’s start with the breach, as reported by Darren Pauli on SC Magazine: A security researcher was questioned by NSW Police after quietly reporting a massive security gaffe to First State Superannuation that potentially exposed millions of customer accounts. Patrick Webster found he was able to access electronic superannuation notices of any customer by…