Alison Gendar and William Sherman report: Thieves stooped to a new low over the Christmas holiday, swiping the identity of Brooklyn’s Catholic bishop in an attempted credit card scam. The crooks learned Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio’s Social Security number and birth date and used the information to apply for credit cards, Diocese of Brooklyn spokesman the…
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Breach analyses
Edward D. Murphy has an article about the recent Maine breach study in the Portland Press Herald, here. And over on Chronicles of Dissent, I analyze and comment on some of ITRC’s 2008 statistics and year-end roundup here and here.
UK: 'Curious' NHS worker loses unfair dismissal appeal
A MEDICAL records worker fired for accessing a high-profile patient’s confidential file has lost her unfair sacking claim. Elaine Duncan, a former cancer information officer in Edinburgh, admitted viewing information about a high-profile individual who had been featured in media reports, out of “curiosity”. […] Ms Duncan, of Hoseason Gardens, Edinburgh, was fired for gross…
States Push To Encrypt Donor/Client Info
Michele Donohue reports: Fred Schultz, CEO and founder of the Foundation for Positively Kids (FPK) in Las Vegas, deals with a lot of confidential information in his program for medically-dependent children. The organization stores names, addresses, medication, family information and donor credit card information. A good portion of that information arrived via email. That system…
Kr: Hacker opens gaping holes in CSAT score security
As the investigation into the leak of college entrance exam results rolls on, prosecutors said yesterday that the computer server at the Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation, which administers the exam, had been hacked over 200 times. Not only the test results but also the institute’s internal information was stolen. According to prosecution and…
Police: ID thief targeted Hilfiger, Cuban
Rob Douglas over at InsideIDTheft.info spotted a news story we missed over the holidays: Authorities said a New York man stole tens of thousands of dollars using credit cards taken out in the names of rich and famous men. A police source said Gregory Mortel, 23, used credit cards in the names of rich men…