When an employee of J.M. Smucker needed assistance on a human resources project, the employee e-mailed the data to a relative who’s a computer programmer for help. Unfortunately, although the programmer’s server is reportedly a secure server, the programmer is not an employee of Smucker’s. Smucker discovered the breach itself through its own monitoring, and…
Author: Dissent
Data stolen from NADRA office in Karachi
From the that’s-all-they-wrote dept: LAHORE: Unidentified men broke into the premises of the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) office at the Shah Faisal Colony in Karachi and stole some very important data, a private television channel reported on Monday. According to the channel, the thieves had sneaked into the NADRA office through a window…
Stolen server contains medical info on 40,000 eye patients
OCR added a few more breaches to its list. Two were covered earlier today on PHIprivacy.net, but the third one, added later in the day, affected 40,000 people: Silicon Valley Eyecare Optometry and Contact Lenses State: California Approx. # of Individuals Affected: 40,000 Date of Breach: 4/02/10 Type of Breach: Theft Location of Breached Information:…
DIA official says privacy, security different for cloud
Stephen Bell reports: The government may have to make sacrifices in such treasured concepts as privacy and sovereignty, so that public sector organisations can take advantage of the “convenience” of the cloud, says a Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) project manager. Adam Stapleton is managing a project for DIA’s Government Technology Services (GTS) arm, to…
Study: One group responsible for 2/3 of all phishing attacks
The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) recently released its report, Global Phishing Survey: Trends and Domain Name Use in 2H2009. From the Overview: Phishing has always been attractive to criminals because it has low start-up costs and few barriers to entry. But by mid-2009, phishing was dominated by one player as never before—the ―Avalanche‖ phishing operation….
SC: Laptop With Patients’ Information Stolen
A laptop containing information on more than 600 patients at an Oconee County physicians’ practice was stolen a week ago — and now patients are being warned about the theft. The staff of the Oconee Heart Center discovered the theft of the laptop on May 10. The practice is notifying more than 600 patients whose…