Andrea Houston reports: Trent University is sending out alert letters to several donors and alumni after an off-site computer server containing some personal information was recently hacked. Dianne Lister, vice-president of external relations, said a power surge between Dec. 22 and Jan. 7 caused the firewall to fail, which left the server unprotected to hackers,…
Category: Non-U.S.
UK: Royal Liverpool Hospital patient details stolen from car
Liza Williams reports: More than 300 patients waiting for kidney transplants at the Royal Liverpool Hospital have had their details stolen from a car boot. The names, addresses, dates of birth, hospital number and contact details of 354 people on the renal transplant list were taken, after a staff member’s car was broken into. Read…
UK: Information Commissioner hits another NHS Trust after data breaches
Siobhan Chapman reports: An NHS trust has been hit by enforcement action by the Information Commissioner’s Office following the theft of two laptops containing patient data. Brent Teaching Primary Care Trust was found to have breached data protection laws, after two laptops were stolen containing the personal information of 389 patients. The laptops were stored…
AU: NSW job seekers’ details safe after hacking
The personal details of job seekers were not compromised when hackers accessed a NSW government jobs website, an investigation has found. The Department of Commerce, which administers jobs.nsw.gov.au, was forced to shut down the service last week after it was found hackers had targeted the site. Job seekers raised concerns with the department when they…
FBI Uncovers Worldwide $9M ATM Card Scam (RBS WorldPay)
John Deutzman reports: A Fox 5 investigation exposes a worldwide ATM scam that swindled $9 million and possibly jeopardized sensitive information from people around the world. Law enforcement sources told Fox 5 it’s one of the most frightening well-coordinated heists they’ve ever seen. (Watch my video report at left.) Photos from security video (see photo…
UK: BBC sends personal details of 1,500 pensioners to wrong addresses
Urmee Khan reports: The TV Licence renewal documents – including names, dates of birth, first lines of address and National Insurance numbers – were sent to 1,199 residential care homes in December 2008. The details of 16,521 people over the age of 75 were sent out, but many were sent to the wrong care homes….