Sam Sherwood reports: About 50 people affected by a software error that allowed patients’ private information to be seen in the Covid-19 vaccination appointment booking system have been contacted by the Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB). The error meant the details of 714 individuals who had registered were potentially able to be viewed. The details included…
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NZ: Canterbury District Health Board apologizes for software privacy breach
Lee Kenny reports: Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) has apologised for a software coding error which allowed people to see other patients’ private information when they booked a Covid-19 vaccination appointment. The error meant the details of 716 individuals who had registered were potentially able to be viewed. Read more on Stuff.
NXIVM sex-cult leader Keith Raniere under fire after lawyers accidentally reveal victim names in court docs
Noah Goldberg reports: Convicted sex-cult guru Keith Raniere and his legal team are in hot water for accidentally revealing the names of victims of the NXIVM leader in court documents Tuesday. The feds responded quickly, asking Brooklyn Federal Court Judge Nicholas Garaufis to seal the documents, which he agreed to and which was done early…
NZ: Privacy breach: IRD sent details of baby to complete stranger and paid her $240
Tamsyn Parker reports: A woman was shocked to find the details of an unknown baby had been added to her online Inland Revenue account and to receive a $240 back-dated payment for the child. Katie, who doesn’t want her last name used, said she received an email from the IRD last week to say her…
UK: Details of ‘vulnerable kids’ uploaded to Birmingham City Council website in ‘serious’ data breach
Nick Horner reports: A “serious” online data breach at Birmingham City Council saw personal information – allegedly the details of “vulnerable children” – put at risk. Data, said to relate to youngsters entitled to free bus passes, was uploaded “in error” by staff and was “potentially available externally”, the authority said in an email raising the alarm,…
Playing ‘Price is Right’-style game, GR doctors post operating room photos online
Susan Samples reports: Spectrum Health says it has launched an investigation after a group of doctors posted to Instagram photos taken in the operating room that show an organ from one patient and fibroid tissue from another. One picture showed a doctor posing with a length of fibrous tissue in his hand. It appeared the…