Satish Misra, M.D. writes: The United Kingdom’s National Health Service (NHS) launched the Health Apps Library as part of their NHS Choices program in 2013. It was pitched as a pilot program, one that would guide patients and clinicians to safe, effective health apps. And now after a troubled two years, the NHS Health Apps…
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UK: York school admits data breach after unprotected memory stick is lost
Mike Laycock reports: A top public school in York has launched an investigation after a memory stick containing important data was lost, apparently on public transport. St Peter’s School says the device, which was not protected by a password, contained a number of documents ‘relating to the governance of the school.’ It says it is contacting a small…
UK: Aviva hit by another insider data theft
The Drum reports: Aviva has admitted that a number of its employees stole the details of customers leading to some receiving up to ten calls per day in a bid to persuade them to make personal injury claims. It is the second time the insurance company has been hit by a data theft: a similar…
Changing ID numbers in wake of Japan Pension Service breach resulted in payment errors
The Japan Pension Service breach was a huge deal in Japan this summer, and it’s still having an impact as attempts to secure pensioners’ information by changing their ID numbers seems to have resulted in some people being overpaid while others were underpaid. Kyodo News reports: The Japan Pension Service mistakenly underpaid and overpaid about…
IE: ‘Mystery’ how documents on Denis O’Brien ended up on USB
Mary Carolan reports: A consulting company has told the High Court that Denis O’Brien has left “clouded in mystery” exactly how material from the firm’s computers files ended up on a USB memory stick placed in an envelope sent anonymously to Mr O’Brien. Michael Collins SC, for Dublin-based Red Flag Consulting Ltd, said it was of “extraordinary concern” to…
Hacker who crashed FBI and Home Office websites dodges immediate jail term
Ross McCarthy reports that Charlton Floate, the teenage hacker who brought down FBI and Home Office websites from his family home in Solihull has avoided jail time: … in sentencing Floate to eight months suspended for 18 months Judge Steel said he had taken into account his age at the time he committed the offences, his remorse and…