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Hong Kong Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data publishes reports on two investigation into data security at the Hong Kong Police Department

Posted on October 24, 2013 by Dissent

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data in Hong Kong has released two reports on investigations involving possible violations of the Data Protection Ordinance. Both reports involve the Hong Kong Police Department. The first investigation involved the leakage of an HKPD document containing personally identifiable information via Foxy (a file-sharing program). Two instances…

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How Healthcare.gov Could Be Hacked

Posted on October 24, 2013 by Dissent

Dana Liebelson reports: With Healthcare.gov plagued by technical difficulties, the Obama administration is bringing in heavyweight coders and private companies like Verizon to fix the federal health exchange, pronto. But web security experts say the Obamacare tech team should add another pressing cyber issue to its to-do list: eliminating a security flaw that could make sensitive user information, including Social Security…

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Obamacare exchange contractors had past security lapses

Posted on October 23, 2013 by Dissent

Be forewarned: I will not allow the comments section for this post to be used as a political platform on Obamacare. Comments about whether  government should consider past breaches or problems in awarding government contracts for jobs involving personally identifiable information are welcome.  Jaikumar Vijayan reports: Two of the contractors involved in developing the Affordable…

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UK: Government and ISPs working together to improve customers’ data security

Posted on October 23, 2013 by Dissent

From Out-Law.com: In response to a report into e-crime (19-page / 286KB PDF) by Parliament’s Home Affairs Committee, the Home Office said that it recognised that a lack of consumer awareness about cyber crime was helping criminals to prosper online and steal customer information. The Home Office said, though, that it was taking steps to address…

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Two NBC Sports laptops stolen from unattended car

Posted on October 18, 2013 by Dissent

If you follow me on Twitter and thought I was mad at NBC Sports over their coverage of Formula One  (F1) racing, that may pale in comparison to how some others may be feeling this week  after they’ve received a breach notification letter from NBC Sports. It seems that two of NBC Sports’ laptops were…

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Half Of Federal Agency Security Breaches Caused By Lack Of User Compliance

Posted on October 18, 2013 by Dissent

MeriTalk, a public-private partnership focused on improving the outcomes of government IT, today announced the results of its new report, “Cyber Security Experience: Cyber Security Pros from Mars; Users from Mercury.” The study, underwritten by Akamai Technologies, Inc. , compares what cyber security professionals report about their agency’s security with what end users – Federal…

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