Matthew J. Siegel of Cozen O’Connor writes: A split continued to develop in the federal courts last month as the Fourth Circuit denied Article III standing to the plaintiffs in a data breach case whose alleged injuries were limited to the increased risk of future identity theft and the cost of measures to protect against…
Category: Government Sector
GMO Payment Gateway confirms data leakage from two client websites
Maria Nikolova reports: Information security is key in the financial industry but problems concerning maintaining personal data safe keep emerging. GMO Payment Gateway Inc (TYO:3769), the Japanese provider of payment processing services, has sought to apologize over personal data leakage that affected the websites of two of its clients – the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and…
City erases, re-installs server after ransomware attack
Scott Liles reports: A cyber attack on the server of the Mountain Home Water Department led to the city refusing to pay a ransom and wiping the machine, Water Department Director Alma Clark said. The server was re-installed from a backup created the night before and no information was lost or stolen, Baxter County Computer Services…
US military leak exposes ‘holy grail’ of security clearance files
Zack Whittaker reports: A unsecured backup drive has exposed thousands of US Air Force documents, including highly sensitive personnel files on senior and high-ranking officers. Security researchers found that the gigabytes of files were accessible to anyone because the internet-connected backup drive was not password protected. The files, reviewed by ZDNet, contained a range of…
UK: Nurse inappropriately accessed patient records for three years
STV reports: A night-shift nurse accessed the medical records of a colleague who was on sick leave. Lorraine Mcintosh faced disciplinary proceedings over her actions, which came to light when she was overheard discussing “blood test results and the reason for sick leave of another staff member” with a fellow employee. The nurse, who had…
Canada Revenue Agency online tax services offline over possible security risk
Kevin Nielsen reports: The Canada Revenue Agency shut down some web services Friday afternoon after discovering a potential security breach. “We are not aware of any unauthorized access to taxpayer information and we continue to monitor closely,” CRA spokesperson Patrick Samson told Global News through email Saturday evening. “Digital services were taken offline as a precaution, not…