Jo Macfarlane reports: The confidential medical records of patients treated at one of Britain’s top private hospitals have been illegally sold to undercover investigators. Hundreds of files containing intimate details of patients’ conditions, home addresses and dates of birth are being offered for as little as £4 each. The files were sold by two men…
Author: Dissent
Debit card breach is traced to Cheers Liquor Mart
Wayne Heilman reports: A debit card breach affecting thousands of Colorado Springs area cardholders resulted from outside hackers gaining access to Cheers Liquor Mart’s computer system sometime last month, owners of the Springs-based retailer said Friday. Cheers hired Cyopsis LLC, a Denver-based information technology forensics and investigations firm, to determine the source of the breach…
CA: Pizza Delivery Man Arrested in ID Fraud Scam
KTLA reports: A Fountain Valley pizza delivery man is accused of stealing credit card information from his customers to buy products on-line which he would then sell on Ebay, according to Costa Mesa police. 23 year old Jason Le Tran has been charged with grand theft and identity theft. […] Detectives say Tran, a Domino’s…
FL: Sensitive Documents Found In Flagler Dumpster
Saul Saenz reports: Documents belonging to Flagler County were found in a trash dumpster behind the county government building. […] “Someone had inappropriately gotten rid of some material that they shouldn’t have,” said Carl Laundrie, a county spokesman. Laundrie said much of the material was not confidential and could’ve been obtained from the clerk’s office…
Student data stolen from National Institute of Educational Testing Service
Earlier this month, The Nation reported that Thailand’s National Institute of Educational Testing Service (“NIETS”) web site had been downed by denial of service attacks and had been offline between Wednesday through Friday. The Nation subsequently reported that NIETS learned that information about some 1,000 students were stolen by hackers in the attack. Deputy Education…
CSULA Students Exposed in Security Breach
KTLA reports: The names and social security numbers of 82 students at Cal State Los Angeles were mistakenly posted on the web, according to university officials. The students involved took computer courses, either CIS 454 or 528 in spring 2002 and CIS 283 or 585 in spring 2003, officials said. The information was mistakenly posted…