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IE: HSE ‘rocked’ by security breach on 1,500 patient records

Posted on October 17, 2010 by Dissent

Roisin Burke reports: Hundreds of patient records were seriously compromised by a major security breach at the HSE, the Sunday Independent has learned. The 1,500 sensitive health records were removed from a Dublin office and emailed to an outside organisation. A private IT contractor, who was being overseen by a HSE staff member, downloaded the…

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Ca: Thousands of old papers with personal info on guests found behind Best Western Primrose

Posted on October 15, 2010 by Dissent

Chris Doucette reports: Thousands of slips of paper with personal information of past guests from around the world were found blowing in the wind in an alley behind a downtown hotel Friday morning. And many of the old documents, found around 7:30 a.m. scattered next to a dumpster behind the Best Western Primrose at Carlton…

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UK doctors’ personal data found on used hard drive sold online

Posted on October 14, 2010 by Dissent

There have been many instances in the U.S. of  personal data showing up on equipment sold at online and offline auctions.  Once such case in the U.K. involved doctors’ data and the company responsible for the data, Healthcare Locums Plc (HCL), a UK specialist healthcare recruitment agency,  has now been found in breach of the  Data Protection Act…

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College of Physicians and Surgeons of Manitoba web site compromised

Posted on October 12, 2010 by Dissent

The College of Physicians and Surgeons sent a warning letter to its members Monday about an on-line attack that resulted in unauthorized access to the password-protected section of its website. “We sincerely apologize for this potential breach of your privacy and any harm it may cause you,” the letter sent by registrar Dr. Bill Pope…

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UK: Omniquad rapped for data breach

Posted on October 11, 2010 by Dissent

Christine Donnelly reports: The publication of customer details online by managed security services provider Omniquad has been blamed on a glitch in its helpdesk software. Daniel Sobstel, managing director of Omniquad, said the system was taken offline within several minutes of thedata breach being brought to his attention last Monday. Read more on ChannelWeb.   Privacy International…

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ATM fraud spree across Western Canada linked to one man

Posted on October 9, 2010 by Dissent

It’s nice when you can wrap up a bunch of ID theft cases into one neat bundle.  In Canada, one of those bundles is allegedly an Ontario man named Kokulan Kanagaratnam.  Paul Turenne of QMI Agency reports: An Ontario man arrested by Winnipeg police last month in connection with a high-tech ATM fraud allegedly went…

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