The Stanford Hospital breach is a useful reminder of why you shouldn’t use real data sets for testing. Kevin Sack of the New York Times reports: Private medical data for nearly 20,000 emergency room patients at California’s prestigious Stanford Hospital were exposed to public view for nearly a year because a billing contractor’s marketing agent…
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MI: Completed absentee ballots with Social Security numbers found in storage closet
Jonathan Lowe reports: …. “It has the social security numbers on it, the birth date and the person’s name and address,” Murphy explains. He says he discovered boxes of absentee ballots inside the recreation hall at the Bangor Township hall. “Bangor Township had an energy expo on Sept. 24.” Murphy says. “I was looking for a…
AT: AnonAustria releases data from the Austrian Economy Chamber
The Austrian Economy Chamber (WKO) has become the latest victim of a hacking attack. WKO confirmed yesterday evening (Tues) that its webserver was infiltrated by unidentified cyber criminals. More than 6,000 data sets of customers of the chamber were published on the internet. Most of the records contain information about clients of WKO’s real estate…
UTSA Honors College informs students of computer security incident
The University of Texas at San Antonio has posted a breach notice on the university’s site: The University of Texas at San Antonio is informing 688 students and prospective students who either enrolled in or applied to courses in the Honors College that an unauthorized user may have gained access to information about them. Those…
Dumfries and Galloway data leak inquiry finds failing
An inquiry has found “systematic failings” to blame for an error which saw the personal data of hundreds of council workers being published online. The information was released by Dumfries and Galloway Council which has already made an unreserved apology. The mistake saw names, dates of birth and salary details of nearly 900 employees put…
Bank’s credit card bills found dumped
Ellen Jia reports: At least 500 credit card bills were found dumped at a recycling station in the Pudong New Area yesterday, raising concerns over a possible leak of bank customers’ personal information. The bills, in more than 10 bunches of 50 each, were from the Shanghai Pudong Development Bank. The bank and the Pudong…