Elinor Mills reports: A new Web site could help turn security breach guesswork into science. Database breaches, social engineering attacks, and hacking incidents happen at companies every day, but very few end up being reported publicly. That’s because organizations fear–and rightly so–damage to their reputation, public humiliation, and loss of customer confidence. But this silent…
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RCMP investigate WorkLink privacy breach
Erin McCracken reports: Hundreds of confidential client files are missing at a Colwood employment agency. West Shore RCMP is investigating after they were notified Nov. 5 of the potential privacy breach — five weeks after documents were first noticed missing at WorkLink Employment Society. Read more on Goldstream Gazette.
NY: Town officials investigate security breach
Hilary Hawke reports: There are certain unwritten rules most people know. Look both ways before crossing the street. If you’re a child, don’t talk to strangers. And never give out your social security number. It seems the latter may have unintentionally happened to roughly 50 Town of New Baltimore employees and the question now is…
Holy Cross Hospital Notifies Emergency Room Patients of Possible Data Breach
FT. LAUDERDALE (November 10, 2010) – Holy Cross Hospital announced today that it has begun sending letters to notify some of its hospital Emergency Room patients of a possible compromise of personal data from patient data sheets and to offer free credit monitoring services. Holy Cross Hospital was informed by federal authorities that personal data…
UK: Security alert over NHS data breach
Alison Dayani reports: A severe security alert has been issued over confidential NHS medical records of every Birmingham patient being left open to breach, the Birmingham Post can reveal. The National Information Commissioner has ordered an investigation into access of IT files held by Birmingham Primary Care Shared Services Agency, which holds all staff and…
(ALDI update) Five Star Bank hit by debit-card fraud
Jonathan D. Epstein reports: A debit-card security breach at a discount grocery chain that operates in 11 states is costing Five Star Bank as much as $850,000 in fraud losses. Financial Institutions, the Warsaw-based parent of the bank, expects to suffer a pretax loss of about $750,000 to $850,000 in the fourth quarter in connection…