Mary Pat Flaherty and Martin Weil report: Thousands of dollars in unauthorized withdrawals were made from bank accounts in the Washington area after a skimming device was attached to an ATM in Alexandria, authorities said. The device, which captures bank card information, was spotted Feb. 28 at a Wachovia branch in the 3600 block of…
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N.L. health staff disciplined after deliberately breaching patient records
Newfoundland and Labrador’s health care system suffered another setback Wednesday when the province’s largest health board revealed that some of its staff had deliberately breached the privacy of patients. Hours after the province’s health minister announced that strides had been made to improve health care since the breast cancer testing scandal, Eastern Health said some…
American Traffic Solutions leaves building open
What may be a corporate security breach at American Traffic Solutions was uncovered by CameraFRAUD volunteers Saturday night. The photo radar ticket processing facility, located in the Phoenix suburb of Ahwatukee, was reportedly left unlocked and unattended: Numerous bundles of network cables were spotted throughout the building, potentially allowing anyone with a laptop to access…
(follow-up) Zurich Insurance agrees to improve information security after losing over 46,000 individuals’ personal financial information
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has found Zurich Insurance plc in breach of the Data Protection Act after it lost an unencrypted back-up tape containing financial personal information belonging to 46,000 policy holders of Zurich Private Client, Zurich Special Risk and Zurich Business Client, which are all part of Zurich Insurance plc. The back-up tape,…
Surgeon Posted Nude Photos, Woman Says
Srin McAuley reports: A woman claims her plastic surgeon posted nude photos of her on Facebook without her consent. She claims Dr. Dennis Hurwitz and the Hurwitz Center for Plastic Surgery posted Before and After photos of her from her neck to her knees, along with her name, allowing anyone who looked at the photos…
Should Doctors Google Their Patients?
Jennifer Valentino-DeVries reports: By now, it’s well known that almost anyone you meet — from a potential employer to a prospective date — might be searching for information about you online. But would you feel strange knowing that your doctor was Googling you? The practice appears to be widespread, according to an essay in the…