Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai reports: There’s an oft-repeated adage in the world of cybersecurity: There are two types of companies, those that have been hacked, and those that don’t yet know they have been hacked. MySpace, the social media behemoth that was, is apparently in the second category. The same hacker who was selling the data of more…
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CFAA overreach: FBI raids home of security researcher
From the stop-me-if-you’ve-heard-this-one-before dept: Over on Daily Dot this morning, I reported that the FBI executed a search warrant at the home of researcher Justin Shafer. Shafer’s name will be familiar to regular readers of DataBreaches.net because he exposed a long-standing security vulnerability in Dentrix software and challenged Henry Schein’s claims that their product provided “encryption.” Our combined efforts resulted in…
NI Prison Service: data breach ‘not serious security threat’
Vincent Kearney reports: A data breach involving the personal details of hundreds of Northern Ireland Prison Service employees has been described as “a major embarrassment”. However, the BBC understands it is not being treated as a major security breach. A junior employee at the Department of Justice sent a spreadsheet with names and dates of…
UK: Data watchdog probe as patient records go missing in transit
Press Association reports: The Information Commissioner’s Office is investigating problems with a national service for transporting patient records after GPs complained some were going missing. NHS England has commissioned private firm Capita to run the Primary Care Support England service, which handles GP payments, medical supplies, moving records and patient registrations. It has contracted CitySprint,…
UK: Huge leak of data reveals junior doctors leaders discussed drawing out dispute for a year
Charlie Cooper reports: The junior doctor leadership of the British Medical Association discussed “drawing out” their contract dispute with the Government for more than a year, a huge leak of private messages sent between the union’s committee members reveals. Despite publicly stating throughout their dispute that a solution could be reached if the Government was…
In: Raids by Agra drug enforcement dept fail due to leak of information
Anuja Jaiswal reports: An apparent leak from the Food Safety and Drug Department, Agra, resulted in a series of failed raids by it’s Enforcement wing on Tuesday afternoon, as six medical stores in the city, suspected to be selling flavoured “tincture”, which has 90 per cent alcohol content, as a cheap liquor alternative to alcoholics, were…