Those of you who are old enough to remember the Rebecca Schaeffer murder may see some similarities in this case. Jiji Press reports: A branch of Yokohama District Court on Monday ordered the city of Zushi, Kanagawa Prefecture, to pay ¥1.1 million in damages for leaking information that led to the murder of a 33-year-old…
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NM: City of Farmington recovering after SamSam ransomware attack
More entities are falling prey to SamSam ransomware. Hannah Grover reports: The city of Farmington is returning to normal after a variant of the ransomware known as SamSam shut down the computer systems. The virus encrypts files on a computer network or locks down the entire system. When people attempt to log on, they receive…
‘Professional’ hack on Norwegian health authority compromises data of three million patients
Sooraj Shah reports: Hackers have breached the systems of Norway’s Health South East RHF, with nearly three million patients’ data potentially compromised as a result. Health South-East is responsible for the counties of Østfold, Akershus, Oslo, Hedmark, Oppland, Buskerud, Vestfold, Telemark, Aust-Agder and Vest-Agder. The breach was announced on Monday by the authority after it had…
UK: Council exposes details of vulnerable children and adults
It seems like only one year ago that I was posting a news story about a string of data protection breaches by employees at the Leicester City Council. Oh wait, it was a year ago. Now it appears that there is yet another breach. Stowe Family Law LLP reports: An unnamed person at Leicester City…
Medical records of almost 180,000 patients handed to US firms connected to tobacco industry by British health officials, Telegraph probe reveals
Laura Donnelly reports: The medical records of British cancer victims have been handed to a controversial American firm working for one of the world’s biggest tobacco companies, the Daily Telegraph can reveal. The data covering almost 180,000 patients – every case of lung cancer diagnosed in England over a four year period – was given by…
Early Release Denied For Leader Of Russian Hackers Group Humpty Dumpty
RadioFreeEurope RadioLiberty reports: A court in Moscow has refused to grant early release to the leader of a group believed to be behind the hacking of high-profile Internet accounts, including the Twitter account of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. The Lefortovo District Court on January 12 rejected a motion for the release on parole for Vladimir…