NST reports: IT has happened again. This time at Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) where records of just over a million students have been leaked. Is it an inside job? Hard to tell, but UiTM is probing. UiTM sources contacted by the New Straits Times say it may just be put together from multiple sources by…
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Why doesn’t Twitter have a way to notify them of leaks or concerns outside of a bug bounty program?
L33tdawg writes: Twitter has owned up to a privacy goof that exposed some Android users’ private tweets. That would be bad enough if the problem existed for an hour, or a day, or a month. But unfortunately for Twitter (and affected users) the problem was present from November 3 2014 until January 14 2019. That’s…
North Carolina AG re-introduces legislation to protect against identity theft
Back in January, 2018, North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein and state Rep. Jason Saine (R) introduced legislation called “Act to Strengthen Identity Theft Protections.” In January, 2019, they’ve reintroduced it. A press release from the Attorney General explains: Attorney General Josh Stein and Rep. Jason Saine today unveiled legislation to strengthen North Carolina’s laws to prevent…
Providers Rise to Meet the Challenge of K–12 Data Security
Katelyn Sweeney reports: As data becomes integral to K–12 education, administrators face new challenges to ensure they keep students’ information safe. Analysis of student data allows educators to identify at-risk students and implement further research into what does and does not work in the classroom. This data can also be used to create student profiles,…
DoD Health Agency Security Flaws Put Patient Data at Risk, OIG Finds
Jessica Davis reports: The Department of Defense Health Agency (DHA) failed to consistently implement security measures to protect the systems that stored, processed, and transmitted electronic health record and patient information, according to a DoD Office of Inspector General report released this week. The report found DHA and Army officials didn’t enforce the use of Common…
Employees sacked, CEO fined in SingHealth security breach
Eileen Yu reports: Two employees have been sacked and five senior management executives, including the CEO, fined for their role in Singapore’s most serious security breach, which compromised personal data of 1.5 million SingHealth patients. Further enhancements also will be made to beef up the organisation’s cyber defence, in line with recommendations dished out by…