The Borough of Poole has signed an undertaking with the Information Commissioner’s Office as a result of faxing errors. According to the undertaking, signed by John McBride, Chief Executive of the Borough of Poole, faxes containing personal data had been sent to the same incorrect fax number on three separate occasions in 2010. On the first…
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UK: Norwich college dumps students’ files in skip
Ben Woods reports: Piles of documents revealing student names, photographs, addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and some files exposing sensitive medical information, were found in bin bags at City College. An investigation by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) found the college on Ipswich Road had adequate procedures and policies for dealing with personal information,…
Ca: Software glitch kills electronic stubs for federal workers’ paycheques
Dean Beebe reports: A mysterious security breach has shut down the federal government’s online pay system, affecting some 320,000 public servants. The system was pulled offline for “urgent” repairs on April 4 after officials discovered the privacy of eight account-holders had been breached. Pay is still being deposited as scheduled in employees’ bank accounts. But…
Southwest Ambulance reports data breach
Ken Alltucker reports: A former Southwest Ambulance employee took 581 patient records that included the names, financial and medical information from those customers. Southwest Ambulance recovered the records and notified affected customers about the breach of their private medical records. The Mesa-based company said it recently learned the employee took the records after a property…
Ca: Security breach of kids' info raises alarm
Jennifer O’Brien reports: A memory stick containing records of 4,500 kids has gone missing from a speech and hearing clinic at UWO, a thumb-sized example of how ever-smaller digital technology is heightening security risks. Included among the records on the tiny storage device are 11 years worth of names, addresses, phone numbers, birthdates, doctor information,…
Two suspects in Hyundai Capital hacking caught
Kim Tae-jong reports the latest in a breach involving Hyundai Capital reported previously on this blog: Police arrested two suspects Monday on charges of hacking Hyundai Capital’s database and blackmailing the company by threatening to release confidential customer financial information. A 40-year-old man, surnamed Huh, is thought to be the key figure who facilitated the…