Matt Egan reports: St. Jude Medical rejected claims made by a famous short seller on Thursday that the company’s pacemakers and other lifesaving devices are vulnerable to cyber attacks. The allegations, made in a detailed 34-page report by Muddy Waters founder Carson Block, were enough to spook investors on Wall Street. St. Jude’s stock plummeted…
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AU: Foster care privacy breaches span more than a decade
Beau Donelly reports: Victoria’s child-protection agency has been breaching the privacy of traumatised children and foster carers across the state for more than a decade and quietly paying them off or upgrading security at their homes if they find out about it. Fairfax Media last month exposed a series of major security breachesout of the Department…
Lost and Stolen Devices Account for One in Four Breaches in the Financial Services Sector: Bitglass
A press release about the financial sector that may be of interest to some readers: CAMPBELL, CA–(Marketwired – Aug 25, 2016) – Bitglass, the total data protection company, today announced the availability of its Financial Services breach report, an analysis of all breaches in the sector since 2006, with data aggregated from public databases and government mandated…
Dozens of security breaches by Australian Defence Force
Bryan Seymour reports: There have been 60 serious security breaches across the Australian Defence Force, including three-dimensional maps of secure Australian army bases being sent to overseas suppliers in unsecure emails. Documents, obtained by 7 News, found inappropriate access was given to staff, sensitive defence details were discussed at a coffee shop and casual employees…
UK: Northern Irish nursing home fined by Information Commissioner’s Office
A nursing home in County Antrim has been fined £15,000 for breaking the law by not looking after the sensitive personal details in its care. An investigation by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) found widespread systemic failings in data protection at Whitehead Nursing Home at the time of a data breach. The breach came when a member of…
Do you or a family member have a Health Savings Account? If so, read this.
If you have a health savings account (HSA), you may be one of many people who treat it like a savings account or an inactive checking account where you do not check your balance or withdrawals frequently. But your HSA may be an attractive target for fraudsters, and you need to protect it. DataBreaches.net has heard that…