Adam D. Krauss reports on a case of what seems to involve patient record tampering without any clear financial or other motivation. In a fairly detailed story, Krauss discusses some of both the privacy and data security issues: Two doctors who run the pathology lab at Wentworth-Douglass Hospital say they’ll soon be out of a…
Category: Breach Incidents
Spanish breach causes “largest bank-card security breach in Czech history”
Stephan Delbos reports: Clients of four major Czech banks could find their accounts blocked at their next visit to the ATM as a result of the largest bank-card security breach in Czech history. ČSOB, Raiffeisenbank, Česká spořitelna and Volksbank CZ have begun blocking thousands of bank cards for customers who made transactions in Spain in…
UK: Officers who passed on data details are named
Robert Verkaik reports: Police officers found to have illegally disclosed information from confidential databases have been named in a dossier handed to ministers. The report, compiled by the information watchdog, shows how personal information from private and public bodies is being used to commit more serious crimes. In one case, a pensioner died after a…
UK: Action taken after details of 110,000 individuals are stolen
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has found Verity Trustees Ltd to be in breach of the Data Protection Act after the Trustees reported the theft of a laptop computer containing the names, addresses, dates of birth, salaries and national insurance numbers of around 110,000 individuals. The laptop, which also contained the bank details of around…
Hackers steal credit-card numbers from restaurant customers
Theodore Decker reports: Diners who frequent a popular Downtown restaurant should review their charge-card statements because hackers broke into its computer system to loot debit- and credit-card numbers, police said today. Between 30 and 50 people have reported fraudulent charges on their accounts, and Columbus detectives said that anyone who used a charge card at…
NZ: Skim versus hack: Council still in the dark
Rob O’Neill reports: Auckland City is referring all enquiries about how its carparking systems were compromised, leading to the reissue of thousands of credit cards, to Westpac, which is leading the investigation into the incident. Spokesman Glyn Jones says the council “hasn’t been told conclusively” whether skimming or hacking were used to breach customer security….