Statement of Senator Patrick Leahy: Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) Tuesday urged Congress to support critical health information privacy protections included in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which the Senate is considering this week. The legislation includes funding for investments and incentives in health information technology. The increased use of technology and the Internet can…
Author: Dissent
Password Optional: Huge Security Breach Hits SpeedDate
Jason Kincaid reports: Wow. Something is seriously wrong at SpeedDate, the online dating site that throws strangers into whirlwind 3 minute dates. For at least 30 minutes this evening (and possibly more), passwords were totally optional. Type in a user name (no password needed), hit “Log In”, and you had access to every private message,…
AU: NSW job seekers’ details safe after hacking
The personal details of job seekers were not compromised when hackers accessed a NSW government jobs website, an investigation has found. The Department of Commerce, which administers jobs.nsw.gov.au, was forced to shut down the service last week after it was found hackers had targeted the site. Job seekers raised concerns with the department when they…
GA: Agency Contractor Burglarized
From the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles: Late last week, the offices of a state contractor in Roswell, Georgia, were burglarized and a computer was stolen. The contractor was working with the agency to convert its Case Management System to a newer technology. Although the stolen computer was the property of the contractor,…
NC: Dry cleaner skips town with clients’ clothes
Michelle Boudin reports: A Mooresville dry cleaner has skipped town, taking her clients’ clothes and credit card numbers with her. “I took in nine dress shirts and four dress pants,” said Carole Dishman. “They closed up shop. All I’m doing is looking for my clothes. That’s all I care about is the clothes.” […] “Then…
CO: 2 arrested in case of stolen hospital records (follow-up)
Police have arrested both people wanted in connection with several hundred cases of identity theft uncovered by 9Wants to Know. Many of the thefts originated in the emergency room of a local hospital. […] Philbin is accused of stealing the hospital records of at least 150 patients at St. Anthony Central Hospital who went into…