David Bolling reports: A wave of identity theft has struck Sonoma with numerous local citizens falling victim to fraudulent bank charges. In the past week alone, at least nine Sonoma residents reported fraudulent charges billed to their bank accounts through bank card transactions they did not make. The charges were global in scope, occurring in…
Author: Dissent
National Theatre hack forces password reset
John Leyden reports: Some 17,000 culture vultures registered to the UK’s National Theatre website need to reset their passwords after the site was hacked. The 20 February attack hit systems storing the logins of 17,000 (or around three per cent) of the 500,000 plus registered with the site. Only email, password, name and contact information…
AU: Medicare privacy breaches 'only the beginning'
Carly Laird reports: Revelations that Medicare employees are being investigated for spying on customers’ personal information have renewed fears from privacy advocates that healthcare staff cannot be trusted. As the Federal Government works to bring in a national identity scheme for patients, around 400 cases have emerged of unauthorised snooping on people’s private records over…
New fraud reports linked to Heartland breach
Ann Butler reports: As many as 5,000 First National Bank of Durango customers may find they are unable to make purchases with their debit cards after a number of fraudulent transactions. “We’re trying to get ahead of this,” said Moni Grushkin, a senior vice president at the bank. “We want to minimize losses and protect…
(update) UWMC patient financial information compromised
More on a breach reported here last week, this from Natalie Johnson: In early February, an employee of the National Collection Office (NCO) Financial Systems Inc., a debt-collection agency that UW Medicine contracts with, violated security and compromised at least 50 confirmed contacts, and as many as 80 more are being investigated. “UW Medicine was…
UWMC patient financial information compromised
More on a breach reported here last week, this from Natalie Johnson: In early February, an employee of the National Collection Office (NCO) Financial Systems Inc., a debt-collection agency that UW Medicine contracts with, violated security and compromised at least 50 confirmed contacts, and as many as 80 more are being investigated. “UW Medicine was…