Audra Levy reports: If you went looking for the profile of Little Miami High School on Google on Thursday, you would have been in for a surprise. Someone hacked the profile and renamed the school “Gay Night Club For Teens”. That “someone” appears to have used the school network, and the administration seems to think…
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Medical records of 1,216 Upstate University Hospital patients breached by former employee
James T. Mulder reports: An Upstate University Hospital employee inappropriately accessed the medical records of 1,216 patients without a work or job-related reason. Upstate announced it is contacting affected patients and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services about the privacy breach. The former employee accessed the records between Nov. 3, 2016 and Oct….
Security breach at Nordstrom involving contract worker breached employee data
Benjamin Romano reports: Seattle-based retailer Nordstrom is notifying employees of an information-security breach that exposed their names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, checking account and routing numbers, salaries and more. Employees across the company received an e-mail notification and apology from co-President Blake Nordstrom on Wednesday informing them of the breach, a company spokesperson…
NZ: Bank staff exposed for using private information to stalk
Rob Stock reports: “Employee browsing” is a term for when bank staff access customers’ private information for their own uses. And Privacy Commissioner John Edwards says banks aren’t doing enough to prevent it. Following the publication on Monday of a review of bank conduct by the Financial Markets Authority and Reserve Bank of New Zealand, Edwards said banks must…
UK: Police probe into data breach at Crosshouse after staff accessed patient records
Paul Fisher reports: Police have launched an investigation after a number of patients have had their personal details accessed by a member of staff at Crosshouse Hospital. Those affected, believed to be mainly women, were notified that information, including their phone numbers and addresses, had been accessed and that the member of staff who breached their privacy…
AU: Police officer who leaked woman’s details claims self-incrimination at tribunal
This is one of those N=1 (small) breaches with serious consequences. Kristian Silva reports: A Queensland police officer has refused to answer questions at a tribunal, in fear of incriminating himself, about how a woman’s address was leaked to her allegedly violent ex-husband. The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is taking legal…