Dizzy of the Dizzy Thinks blog was searching on Google for information on an article by Gisela Stuart MP for Birmingham Edgebaston and found a lot more than he expected. The results returned a link to an entry on the MP’s own web site which included her user name and password for managing the sites…
Author: Dissent
Laptop theft prompts NKU letter
A Northern Kentucky University employee’s laptop computer – which contained personal information about some current and former students — was stolen from a restricted area last month, university officials said. […] The computer was taken July 22, according to a letter from Sara Sidebottom, the university’s vice president for legal affairs and general counsel. Cole…
Govt blip creates credit problems for New Englanders
Holly Ramer of the Associated Press has a fascinating story on how our government is contributing to credit problems for some Americans because of our relationship to the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Republic of Palau. It seems that each of them issue their own Social Security Numbers,…
Bits ‘n Pieces
In the justice system: Four men living in the Dallas area have been sentenced to prison in what prosecutors say was an ID theft and bogus loans scheme. The U.S. Attorney’s Office on Friday announced sentences for Gilbert Gotoro, Christopher Chiota, Tendeka Daniel Parirenyatwa and Michael Thomas Jr. More. Gene Anthony Franklin 34 was sentenced…
Hacker used Twitter to control infected PCs
Twitter’s been having a rough couple of weeks. A researcher looking into the attacks that knocked Twitter offline last week discovered another, unrelated security problem. At least one criminal was using a Twitter account to control a network of a couple hundred infected personal computers, mostly in Brazil. Networks of infected PCs are referred to…
UK doctors' cautious backing to online records
Doctors in the county have supported proposals to allow the public to view and amend their medical records online. The suggestion, put forward by the Conservatives this week, is part of plans to give patients more control over their individual records. Patients would be able to log in online to access their records, add details…