Eric Ferreri recently reported a follow-up to the University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill mammography study breach: Wake Radiology has suspended its relationship with the UNC Chapel Hill medical school study whose computer server was recently hacked, exposing personal data including social security numbers of more than 100,000 patients. The practice will only participate again…
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PA: Students’ social security numbers compromised
Kevin Cirilli reports: A Penn State professor’s grade book from 2001 to 2004 that contained 303 students’ social security numbers, among other personal information, was found to be compromised by a computer virus in the last couple of months. Penn State Security Operations and Services (SOS) discovered the incident and immediately took the personal information…
Spanish breach causes “largest bank-card security breach in Czech history”
Stephan Delbos reports: Clients of four major Czech banks could find their accounts blocked at their next visit to the ATM as a result of the largest bank-card security breach in Czech history. ČSOB, Raiffeisenbank, Česká spořitelna and Volksbank CZ have begun blocking thousands of bank cards for customers who made transactions in Spain in…
UK: Officers who passed on data details are named
Robert Verkaik reports: Police officers found to have illegally disclosed information from confidential databases have been named in a dossier handed to ministers. The report, compiled by the information watchdog, shows how personal information from private and public bodies is being used to commit more serious crimes. In one case, a pensioner died after a…
Victorian Auditor-General slams public sector privacy
Tim Lohman reports: The confidentiality of personal information collected and used by the public sector can be, and has been, easily compromised, a Victorian Auditor-General report has found. The Maintaining the Integrity and Confidentiality of Personal Information report, which examined information security in three Victorian government departments, found that the ability to penetrate databases, the…
UK: Action taken after details of 110,000 individuals are stolen
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has found Verity Trustees Ltd to be in breach of the Data Protection Act after the Trustees reported the theft of a laptop computer containing the names, addresses, dates of birth, salaries and national insurance numbers of around 110,000 individuals. The laptop, which also contained the bank details of around…