Paper medical records belonging to approximately 1,200 patients who visit Sutter Gould Medical Foundation physicians in Stockton and Lodi were lost May 27. They ended up buried in a landfill. The documents – all in one box – contained patient names, addresses, diagnostic test results, provider notes and correspondence, Social Security numbers, disability forms and…
Author: Dissent
Security May Be Broken, But All is Not Lost
Dennis Fisher writes: It’s been an ugly year so far for the security industry. In fact, if you’re looking at it objectively, almost nothing has gone right in the last six months. The long list of attacks this year–including RSA, Sony, Epsilon, Lockheed Martin, Citigroup and many others–coupled with the emergence of amorphous hacking groups like LulzSec and Anonymous on…
WA: Clark College issues alert after potential security breach
Fox12 News reports: An alert has been issued because of a potential database security breach at Clark College in Vancouver. An email, sent out to employees of the school, stated there was unauthorized access to college computer records that resulted in the potential disclosure of some faculty and student information. School authorities are encouraging people…
Commissioner says Saskatchewan 'bedevilled' by privacy breaches
Jennifer Graham reports: Saskatchewan’s privacy commissioner says the province is “bedevilled” by a large number of intrusions into people’s personal information. Gary Dickson said in his annual report released Monday that his office opened 47 investigations into privacy breaches at government institutions over the last year. “What we often find is that it’s not somebody…
In: Hackers hit National Security Guards website
Durgesh Nandan Jha reports: In a major security breach, the website of the National Security Guards (NSG) was hacked on Friday by anonymous programmers. Sources said the e-mails of certain officers were also hacked after which orders were issued to all officers and the NSG unit posted at the Palam headquarters to avoid using internet…
Report: M’sia group hacked S’pore NParks site
Tyler Thia provides the update to a previously reported breach: The Malaysian hacking group H3x4 Crew has been identified as the ones responsible for breaching Singapore’s National Parks Board (NParks) Web site two weeks ago, according to a report. According to a report Tuesday by local daily The Straits Times, Malaysian employees from business consultancy…