Clinical psychologist Peter Zelles had a commentary in the Star Tribune last week with which I wholeheartedly agree. Minnesota is one of the first two states to mandate that all health care providers use an “interoperable” electronic health care record (EHR), allowing all doctors to view every other doctor’s notes — supposedly privately and with a purpose….
Category: Commentaries and Analyses
How a hack on Prince Phillip’s Prestel account led to UK computer law
John Leyden provides some historical context to the UK’s computer crime law: This week marks the 30th anniversary of arrests in the infamous Prestel hack case. It led to arrests, breached the Royal Family’s security and helped give birth to the UK’s first computer crime law. What began as a hack against the Prestel Viewdata…
Ca: Privacy breaches put personal info in wrong hands
Peter Cowan and Rob Antle of CBC News reveal more of what they found in the government’s response to a freedom of information request. In fact, 177 separate privacy breaches were reported by different government departments and agencies to the Office of Public Engagement over a recent period of nearly four years. CBC Investigates obtained…
Ca: Some 5,600 privacy breaches in federal government in 2014: documents
Bea Vongdouuangchanh reports: There were 5,600 privacy breaches in the federal government in 2014, affecting almost 44,000 individuals, according to data ministers tabled in the House of Commons on March 23. According to the 2013 (sic) annual report from the privacy commissioner, there were 426 complaints received. This includes all complaints from departments and the…
Report Says Former IRS Employees–Think Lois Lerner–Can Still Peruse Your Tax Returns
Robert W. Wood translates a GAO report that was recently reported on this site: Could Lois Lerner still take a look at your tax returns on IRS computers? It sounds preposterous, but a new watchdog report says former IRS employees still have access to IRS computer systems long after they have no official business with the information. The report is by the U.S….
Too small to hack? No such thing.
Dave Forster reports: Rob Hegedus likens website and other malicious data hacks to cockroaches. “If you see one, there’s 20 you’re not seeing,” said Hegedus, the CEO of Suffolk-based cybersecurity firm Sera-Brynn. […] …. any website, no matter its size or affiliation, can wind up in the crosshairs of an attack. “The mentality of, ‘Well,…