Matt Levin reports: Hacker group Anonymous declared war on Donald Trump this week. On Thursday, they started releasing personal information on the Republican front-runner for president. The group allegedly has posted Trump’s Social Security number and his phone number on the site Pastebin. The cyber-attack also claims to have published the phone numbers his agent…
Category: Exposure
UC Baby shuts down ultrasound video service due to lack of security
Yvonne Colbert reports: It bills itself as Canada’s No. 1 trusted company for 3D ultrasounds, but UC Baby has shut down its video service across the country because of a lack of security, after a CBC News investigation raised questions about whether customers can trust the service to protect their privacy. A tip from a viewer…
Confidential Ohio medical records exposed
Derrick Waller reports: A Cuyahoga County man said he stumbled upon a data breach involving medical records filed by the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation. The man, who did not want to be identified, said he filed a claim with the department. When he logged onto the state BWC website and entered his personal claim…
Laborers’ Health & Welfare Trust Fund for Northern California members notified of HIPAA breach (updated)
The Laborers’ Health & Welfare Trust Fund for Northern California has experienced a recent HIPAA security incident involving eligibility information. The Laborers’ Funds Administrative Office, who administers the Laborers’ Health & Welfare Trust Fund for Northern California, recently generated and distributed IRS Form 1095-B to plan participants. On February 17, 2016, the Fund Office discovered that due to a…
NZ: Silverstream Health Centre patients reassured after email gaffe involving online patient portal
Blake Crayton-Brown reports: Patients at Silverstream Health Centre are being assured an accidental disclosure of patient information was a one-off. GP Dr Marko Kljakovic accidentally sent a message to all patients signed up to the centre’s Manage My Health portal early last week. The message, intended to be a reply to a single patient, contained advice about diet, instructions…
“Paging Kinoptic developer to Aisle 4 to clean up your mess”
Chris Vickery sends along this alert to everyone who used the iPhone app Kinoptic and/or who may know how to get in touch with the developer: Post-mortem breaches can be just as harmful as live production leaks… at least for these 198,000 people. About three years ago there was an iPhone app named Kinotopic. According to…