Auditing works. On June 7, Concord Hospital notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office that through its routine auditing, it had detected that an employee had improperly accessed 40 patients’ records, 13 of which had Social Security Numbers in the files. The individuals were mostly relatives, friends, and acquaintances. The hospital discovered the breach on…
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Chinga La Migra Hacks Arizona Law Enforcement for Third Unprecedented Time
Stephen Lemons writes: Arizona law enforcement cannot be sleeping well tonight, with the keyboard anarchists of “Chinga La Migra” (“Fuck the Border Patrol,” in English) claiming yet another hack with a corresponding data dump of local cops’ personal info. I only say “claiming” because I’m still accessing the torrent. (Hey, I never said I was Julian…
UK: Health service must get it right on data security, says ICO; 5 NHS Trusts sign undertakings concerning protection of paper records
The health service needs to do more to keep patients’ personal information secure, the Information Commissioner said today. The warning comes as the ICO finds a further five health organisations in breach of the Data Protection Act. Information Commissioner, Christopher Graham, said: “The health service holds some of the most sensitive personal information of any…
Database of Pakistani web site users exposed by hackers
A Pakistani web site, urdugalaxy.com, has reportedly been breached, according to a data dump posted on Pastebin. The database, which has not been confirmed by the web site as theirs, contains data on registered site users’ first and last names, city, country, cellphone number, profession, email address, date of birth, password (in plaintext), and ID (although…
Dk: Statoil Fuel & Retail closes three customer portals as result of data breach (update)
On Tuesday 28 June, Statoil Fuel & Retail closed down its customer portals in Norway, Sweden and Denmark after becoming aware that their information may have been compromised as a result of a data breach. The company has also notified the Data Protection Agency of the situation. “There are indications that client data may have…
DropBox CEO: Lone hacker downloaded data from ‘fewer than a hundred’ accounts
Jason D. O’Grady reports that some accounts were accessed during a recent DropBox security snafu: Earlier this week, we wrote to tell you about a security lapse at Dropbox. Today I am writing to tell you something I never expected to tell a customer. During our forensic analysis, we discovered that an extremely small number…