Robert McMillan reports: A hacker has broken into a Barracuda Networks database and obtained names and e-mail addresses of some of the security company’s employees, channel partners and sales leads. The hacker, who called himself Fdf, posted proof of his attack to the Web on Monday, showing e-mail addresses of company employees and names, e-mail addresses,…
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NI: Security breach over cancer records
The Belfast Trust is reassuring cancer patients their medical records are safe, after an inquiry was launched by the Information Commissioner following a major security breach. It is claimed up to twenty thousand x-rays and patient files were abandoned at the old Belvoir Park hospital in 2008. The Belfast Trust said all patients’ records at…
Texas comptroller’s office data breach exposes 3.5 million teachers’ and employees’ Social Security numbers and other personal information
Kelley Shannon reports: Texas Comptroller Susan Combs revealed Monday that the personal information of 3.5 million people has been inadvertently disclosed by her agency, making Social Security numbers, dates of birth and other data accessible to the public. The information was available on a publicly accessible computer server and included data transferred by the Teacher…
UK: Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence admits it doesn't know what happened to files containing sensitive personal data
In the second of two undertakings announced by the Information Commissioner’s Office on April 11, the Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence (CHRE) was found to be in breach of the Data Protection Act after the possible loss of documents from complaint review files containing sensitive personal data. The ICO notes, however, that “due to weaknesses…
UK: Medical histories of children and birth mothers lost in move – NHS Liverpool Community Health
In one of two undertakings announced by the Information Commissioner’s Office, NHS Liverpool Community Health indicated that it had breached the Data Protection Act (DPA) by losing papers relating to the medical history of both 31 preschool children and their birth mothers during a premises move in October 2010. The ICO’s investigation found that NHS…
CO: Credit card fraud hits Snowmass
Chad Abraham reports from Aspen: The credit card numbers of at least 12 people in Snowmass Village have been used fraudulently in purchases, or attempted buys, at stores across the nation. Art Smythe, the town’s police chief, said the victims still have their cards, but the culprits were somehow able to get the numbers. Most…