About 14,000 people in 26 countries and regions have acquired what appear to be leaked Tokyo police documents on international terrorism using file-sharing software, a Japanese network security firm said Thursday. NetAgent Co said the documents have been obtained by 13,734 people in Japan, 132 in China, 95 in Taiwan and 77 in South Korea….
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Laptop stolen from Methodist Theological School in Ohio contained personally identifiable information
The Methodist Theological School in Ohio notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office that a laptop stolen on October 13 from a locked off-campus site contained personal information on “some individuals with a connection to MTSO.” The personal information for any one individual may have included name, date of birth, Social Security number, letter grades…
NYCLU Calls for Greater Privacy Protections as New York Transitions to Electronic Medical Records
At a joint hearing of two New York City Council committees (on Tuesday), the New York Civil Liberties Union raised serious privacy concerns related to New York State’s ongoing transition to electronic medical records. “Sharing health information among health care providers will likely benefit patients greatly, but to recognize this benefit we need to take…
AHS medical records of 2,700 children stolen with laptop: Privacy boss
Don Braid reports on a number of recently revealed breaches in Alberta, Canada: The medical records of 2,700 children were stolen with a laptop computer belonging to a researcher with access to Alberta Health Services files, Information and Privacy Commissioner Frank Work revealed today. The researcher has reported the loss to only 46 of the…
Blizzard’s Chinese GM quits after large data breach
Matthew Humphries writes about major fallout following the exposure of confidential files on the Internet: All is not well at the offices of Blizzard China. Last week a large data breach occurred which saw financial data, media packages, commercial budgets, global subscriber details, and worst of all–the road map for future game releases all taken….
House Approves Social Security Number Protection Act
On December 8, 2010, the U.S. House of Representatives approved the Social Security Number Protection Act of 2010 (S. 3789), which is aimed at reducing identity theft by limiting access to Social Security numbers. The bill prohibits printing Social Security numbers, or any derivative of a Social Security number, on government-issued checks, and bars federal, state and…