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Author: Dissent

Shame on WikiLeaks for its file on Steve Jobs

Posted on January 18, 2009 by Dissent

WikiLeaks‘ home page proclaims, “We help you safely get the truth out.” Their editorial board seems to have abandoned any reasonable standards for “truth” this week. Despite noting that certain materials “are probably, but not certainly, fabricated,” and that the source of the purported materials did not seem to exist at the time the materials…

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In: Ankleshwar company’s bank account hacked

Posted on January 18, 2009 by Dissent

A police complaint has been filed against eight persons on Friday for their involvement in hacking the online bank account of Gujarat Insecticide Ltd at GIDC here and transferring Rs 7.39 lakh. “They transferred the amount to a different account and pocketed the money,” said an official. The company’s account in Bank of Baroda was…

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Ca: Privacy concerns slowing research

Posted on January 18, 2009 by Dissent

It’s a ghoulish fact that early medical research had to be conducted on stolen corpses. The problem in those days was a heightened sense of privacy about the human body. Feelings ran so high that medical schools were forced to hire grave-robbers to provide anatomical specimens. Michelangelo ransacked morgues to carry out his physiology research….

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Privacy Issue Complicates Push to Link Medical Data

Posted on January 17, 2009 by Dissent

Robert Pear reports: President-elect Barack Obama’s plan to link up doctors and hospitals with new information technology, as part of an ambitious job-creation program, is imperiled by a bitter, seemingly intractable dispute over how to protect the privacy of electronic medical records. Lawmakers, caught in a crossfire of lobbying by the health care industry and…

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WA: Hacker hits county Web site

Posted on January 17, 2009 by Dissent

San Juan County’s Web site was hacked January 15. The county Information Technology department is warning computer users to keep a close eye on their personal data if they accessed the site that day, although it does not appear that any data was compromised. About 8:35 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009 morning the County’s website…

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TN: Howard Student Investigated for Identity Theft

Posted on January 17, 2009 by Dissent

David Carroll reports: A Howard High School student is being investigated on several counts of identity theft, according to officials from the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office and the Chattanooga Police Department. The student, reportedly a 15-year-old male, has been the subject of an ongoing investigation by the Fraud Department in Chattanooga and School Resource Officers…

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