1110 KBND points us to a statement on the Central Oregon Community College web site: Central Oregon Community College officials have identified some information on the COCC web site that may have been exposed as part of the recent unauthorized intrusion. COCC has taken down the web site while it works with law enforcement officials…
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Sony removes data posted by hackers
Reuters reports: Sony said on Saturday it had removed from the Internet the names and partial addresses of 2,500 sweepstakes contestants that had been stolen by hackers and posted on a website, and said it did not know when it could restart its PlayStation video games network. The company, under fire since hackers accessed personal…
MN: Allina fires 32 over privacy violations in Blaine mass overdose case
Sarah Horner reports the follow-up to a breach that I knew nothing about: Thirty-two employees of Allina Hospitals and Clinics were fired yesterday for looking at medical records of patients involved in a recent mass overdose in Blaine without having any professional reason to do so, an Allina spokesman said. Twenty-eight employees were let go…
FL: Sensitive Patient Records Found in Winter Haven City Recycling Dump
Rick Rousos reports: Records containing more than 60 Social Security numbers and sensitive medical histories were found this week by a woman diving for coupons in a large recycling bin. The paper records found at the city recycling area near the Orange Dome in Winter Haven on Tuesday came from the office of Jeffry Barnes, a…
LastPass says users no longer have to reset passwords
Jaikumar Vijayan reports: LastPass today rescinded its day-old order that all users of its online password management system reset their master passwords due to a database breach. In fact, in a LastPass blog post this morning, that company said it won’t allow users to change master passwords “until our databases are completely caught up and we…
Ca: Clement backs fines for data leaks
Sarah Schmidt reports: Industry Minister Tony Clement said Friday he’s open to the idea proposed by Canada’s privacy watchdog to give her the power to slap corporations with huge fines if they don’t protect the personal information of their customers. “I have not closed the door to it, but there would have to be additional…