Zack Whittaker writes: A series of hacks have hit the South Korean population, in a string of hacking attacks which have caused widespread disruption to the country’s state-run and privately operated firms. South Korean domain registrar Gabia has been hacked, exposing over 100,000 domains and 350,000 users. […] It is thought in some cases, data…
Author: Dissent
Pointer: right to know
Another consumer is singing my tune about how consumers have a right to know what merchant had a breach. That states and Congress have yet to recognize that right is disappointing.
UK: Hays Discloses RBS Pay Deals in Email Gaffe
Mark Kleinman reports: The recruitment specialist Hays is at the centre of an embarrassing gaffe today after one of its employees distributed an email disclosing the remuneration of thousands of contractors working for the state-backed Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS). I have learnt that a Hays employee yesterday inadvertently forwarded a message showing the pay…
UAE: Employee arrested for credit card fraud
Matovu Abdallah Twaha reports: An Arab man working for a major electronic company in Dubai was arrested for stealing customers’ credit card information and using it to buy expensive products from the same company. Director of Electronic Investigations at the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), Maj. Saeed Al Hajiri said they were informed in July about…
Children's Clinics integrates fingerprint technology with EHR
Molly Merrill reports: Children’s Clinics for Rehabilitative Services in Southern Arizona is using fingerprint biometrics to increase access to – and the security of – its new electronic health record system. Officials said the new technology was the result of Children’s Clinics recent transition to a NextGen ambulatory EHR after years of using paper charts….
Yet another printing error: Berkshire Bank
Ah. Another printing gaffe. Berkshire Bank, which advertises itself as “America’s Most Exciting Bank,” had a bit more excitement than they hoped for, it seems. On June 24, the bank notified some customers that due to an error, their loan account numbers were printed on the outside of the envelope above their name and address….