Justine Lofton reports: Students of Orchard View Schools hacked the district’s student information system and made changes to grades and attendance, according to a statement. The breach in PowerSchool appears to be isolated to Orchard View High School, Superintendent Jim Nielsen said on Wednesday, March 13. […] Parents of the “very small” group of students…
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Hawkesbury hospital worker dismissed over privacy breach
CBC News reports: One employee at Hawkesbury General Hospital has been let go after personal information was improperly accessed, Radio-Canada has learned. Patients who had their information viewed were recently informed in a letter. Chantal Groleau, one of the people who received a letter, was told her personal information was viewed between March 2016 and October…
MA: Emerson Hospital reports data breach
Robert Mills reports, in relevant part: Emerson Hospital is offering a two-year membership to an identity protection service to 6,300 patients whose personal information was part of a data breach caused by a third-party vendor last year. In a statement released Friday, the hospital said the data breach occurred between May 9 and May 17…
Turkish Data Protection Authority Announced Data Leakage Of A Dutch Bank Revealing The Importance Of Effective Information Security
Ertuğrul Can Canbolat LL.M., S. İrem Akin and Baran Can Yildirim, LL.M. write: Under Article 12/5 of the Turkish Data Protection Law, the data controllers are obliged to inform the Turkish Data Protection Authority (“DPA“) in case the personal data processed on their behalf is acquired by others unlawfully. In line with this provision, ING…
Ex-BPD cop misused badge meet women. There are now at least 150 victims, chief says
Jessica DeLeon reports: Former Bradenton police sergeant Leonel Marines was suspended for three days without pay in 2012, after the first time he was caught misusing police databases and his badge to target women for dates or to have sex with them, according to internal affairs records. The pattern of abuse would continue for six…
Dozens Of Northwestern Hospital Workers May Have Been Fired For Improperly Reviewing Jussie Smollett’s Records
Dana Kozlov reports: Dozens of workers at Northwestern Hospital may have been fired for improperly reviewing the medical records of Jussie Smollett, who was treated at the emergency room after he claimed he had been attacked by two men. Sources say those workers have been terminated after gaining access to the “Empire” actor’s medical chart….