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Author: Dissent

Another breach raises questions about the security of online health data

Posted on May 4, 2009 by Dissent

First it was an extortion demand made to  Express Scripts in October 2008, followed by similar threats to some of their clients that members’ personal information and prescription data would be exposed on the web if the company didn’t pay up.  Now the Virginia Department of Health Professions is also on the receiving end of…

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UK: Stolen laptops held details of 10,000

Posted on May 4, 2009 by Dissent

Amanda Crook of The Manchester Evening News reports that the paper learned of two more breaches involving NHS  by using Freedom of Information requests: Two laptops containing patient data were stolen during break-ins  at The Christie. The laptops contained names, hospital numbers, some addresses and test results. A computer with the names, addresses, dates of…

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Dutch consumer site exposed personal information

Posted on May 4, 2009 by Dissent

According to a summary of a news story in NOS offered by Karin Spaink, a Dutch agency that resolves consumer disputes with businesses was making everyone’s files available to anyone who logged in to the site. The Dispute Committee handles more than 10,000 complaints per year, and files going back to 2005 could be retrieved….

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Ca: Opposition wants tougher privacy legislation

Posted on May 4, 2009 by Dissent

From Times & Transcript: The Liberal government will introduce privacy legislation and prescription drug monitoring legislation in this sitting of the legislature, said Health Minister Mike Murphy. But the official Opposition says the Liberals are dragging their feet on the privacy issue. “A year ago next month, the government introduced a bill entitled Access to…

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Two more skimmers in the news this week

Posted on May 3, 2009 by Dissent

From the It-Could-Have-Been-Worse dept: The Denver Post reports that a skimmer was found on the ground at a First Bank branch in Westminister. Apparently the adhesive didn’t work out that well. The skimmer was found April 23, and according to the report, the ATM was last serviced March 22. So far, no word on how…

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Bank of America uncovers insider security breach at Countrywide Financial in Texas

Posted on May 3, 2009 by Dissent

On April 30, in Bits ‘n Pieces, I reported an arrest in Texas that involved an insider at unnamed banks and mortgage companies. Subsequently, Sam LaGrone of Air Force Times reported on the case because the man arrested, Isaac McCrumby, was posing as an Air Force reservist during a crime spree that allegedly netted $500,000…

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