From the this-can’t-be-good dept. and the folks at Lulz Security: Greetings folks. We’re LulzSec, and welcome to Sownage. Enclosed you will find various collections of data stolen from internal Sony networks and websites,all of which we accessed easily and without the need for outside support or money. We recently broke into SonyPictures.com and compromised over…
Author: Dissent
UK: Royal Bolton Hospital patients’ details dumped in a McDonald's bin
An investigation has been launched after confidential hospital patient documents were discovered in a bin. The information — which contained names, ages and medical history of patients at The Royal Bolton Hospital— was found in a bin outside McDonald’s in Derby Street, Bolton, on Monday, by a diner at the restaurant. The document contained the…
UK: Police probe after confidential medical records found dumped in Coventry
Would you want your records exposed this way? Even if you’re not worried about identity theft or employment discrimination, would you want others knowing such sensitive information>? Martin Bagot reports: Police are investigating after confidential medical records were found by a member of the public in Coventry. He reported finding the highly sensitive documents dumped…
NC: Wake Forest Baptist medical records found in rental home owned by employee
Richard Craver reports: Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center said Wednesday that it has fired an employee who had boxes of medical records and documents in a home she owns. Wake Forest Baptist, in a statement, did not identify the employee. According to Forsyth County tax records, the home is owned by Linda-Carolyn Bowden Turner, who could not be…
Comments of the World Privacy Forum regarding the proposed consent order in The Matter of Ceridian Corporation
The World Privacy Forum offers comments on the proposed consent order, In the Matter of Ceridian Corporation, FTC File No. 102 3160. The World Privacy Forum is a non-profit, nonpartisan public interest research group that focuses on consumer education as well as analysis and research of privacy issues, including issues relating to health care privacy,…
This morning in Congress: “Sony and Epsilon: Lessons for Data Security Legislation”
The House Energy & Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade has scheduled a hearing on Thursday, June 2, 2011, in 2123 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing, entitled “Sony and Epsilon: Lessons for Data Security Legislation,” will begin 15 minutes after the conclusion of the full committee markup. Background Memo Witness List Jeanette…