Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. was aware in late April of the massive scale of the data breach involving its PlayStation Network services but only announced that some information may have been leaked, Kyodo News reported Thursday, citing a document released by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. […] The document dated May 6 contains…
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Feds move toward health claims database despite privacy fears
Jaikumar Vijayan reports: Despite lingering privacy concerns, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is plowing ahead with plans to build a massive centralized database containing detailed healthcare claims information on millions of federal employees and their families. The agency on Wednesday released two formal notices in the Federal Register detailing plans for the new…
Everything Everywhere slams mandatory data breach notification law
Dan Worth reports: Mobile operator Everything Everywhere has criticised changes to UK law as part of the recent European ePrivacy Directive, which will force ISPs and telecoms firms to disclose any data breach incidents. The changes, which were brought in at the same time as new rules on cookies, will require service providers to inform…
Important Information for BioWare & EA Account Holders
Posted at http://social.bioware.com/forum/1/topic/6/index/7653193: Yesterday (June 14), we learned that a hacker gained unauthorized access to the decade-old BioWare community server system associated with the Neverwinter Nights forums. We immediately took appropriate steps to protect our consumers’ data and launched an ongoing evaluation of the seriousness of the breach. We have determined that no credit card…
UK: Surbiton Children’s Centre Nursery signs undertaking in wake of theft of student information
There was no press release on this, but Surbiton Children’s Centre Nursery in Surrey, England recently signed an undertaking with the Information Commissioner’s Office as a result of a breach. According to the undertaking that was posted to the ICO’s web site on June 14, a teacher’s bag containing a flash drive and papers was…
Citigroup reveals breach affected over 360,000 cards (updated)
John Ribeiro reports that Citigroup has updated its initial statement about its breach. Their updated statement is likely to fuel debate about time frames for disclosing breaches. It now seems that over 360,083 credit card accounts in North America were accessed by the hacker(s) during the compromise of its card account management website in May….