The following statement was posted by Florida Medical Clinic, PA on their web site. The incident was reported to HHS on May 4 as impacting 1,000 patients. Please be advised from November 18th, 2015 to January 6th, 2016 your Florida Medical Clinic, PA patient due balance statement (sample statement attached) was accessible to industrial account…
Category: Exposure
Chinese Tycoons, Party Officials’ Data Leaked on Twitter
From Bloomberg News: Personal information on dozens of Chinese Communist Party officials and captains of industry from Jack Ma to Wang Jianlin may have been exposed on Twitter in one of the country’s biggest online leaks of sensitive information. Posts on Twitter from an account under the name “shenfenzheng” — which has since been frozen…
Outrage as Mirotvorets site leaks personal info of ‘terrorist-collaborating journalists’
RT reports: Governments, NGOs and journalists across the globe have condemned a leak of personal data of more than 4,000 media staff, accused by pro-Kiev activists of “collaborating with terrorists” for their reporting from war-torn eastern Ukraine. The names on the list include people working for respectable outlets, such as news agencies AFP, AP and…
UK: Coventry hospital apologizes after 24 patients’ medical records found dumped in city bin
Catherine Lillington reports: Medical records of 24 hospital patients have been found dumped in a bin in Coventry. An investigation has now been launched following the discovery of the confidential University Hospital paperwork last week. The location of the bin has not been disclosed, but is not on the hospital site itself. How the information ended up…
Teen Dating Site Left Underage Users’ Private Messages Exposed To Anyone
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai reports: The youth dating site OurTeenNetwork claims to be the “best rated teen dating and social networking site,” created “for the safety of online teen dating and socializing.” But despite those hefty claims and promises, until this week, anyone on the internet could read the private messages exchanged between users, and even impersonate them. All…
Hackers Leak (Old?) Data of 5 South Asian Banks
Varun Haran reports: Data purportedly belonging to five South Asian banks was apparently posted online May 10 by the Turkish hacking group Bozkurtlar that recently also leaked data tied to Qatar National Bank and UAE’s InvestBank. The latest banks whose data has been posted online include the Dutch Bangla Bank, The City Bank and Trust Bank, all based…