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AshleyMadison Said to Be Insured by Axis, AIG

Posted on September 9, 2015 by Dissent

Sonali Basak, Gerrit De Vynck, and Tracy Alloway report: American International Group Inc. and Axis Capital Holdings Ltd. are among insurers for the company that owns AshleyMadison.com, the adultery website hacked in a breach that exposed more than 37 million users, people familiar with the policies said. AIG provided directors-and-officers coverage, while Axis insured the…

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UK Tops European Data Breach Table

Posted on September 9, 2015 by Dissent

Phil Muncaster reports: The UK suffered the most data breaches in Europe during the first half of 2015, coming second globally only to the United States, according to new data from Gemalto. The digital security and SIM card vendor claimed in its latest Breach Level Index (BLI) report that there were 63 data breaches in the UK…

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NZ: Snooping MidCentral Health nurse censured

Posted on September 9, 2015 by Dissent

Janine Rankin reports: A Palmerston North Hospital nurse who snooped on patients’ medical records has been censured by the Health Practitioners’ Disciplinary Tribunal. Elizabeth Raju was sacked in 2014 after a hospital audit revealed the confidentiality breaches. […] The Tribunal rejected Raju’s excuse that there was a culture at the hospital of health professionals looking…

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Credentials stored in Ashley Madison’s source code might have helped attackers

Posted on September 8, 2015 by Dissent

Lucian Constantin reports that ongoing examination of the AshleyMadison source code data dump contains evidence that ALM was er…. sloppy: … A London-based security consultant named Gabor Szathmari has now found evidence that ALM’s developers were careless with sensitive credentials, which might have helped attackers once they gained a foothold on the company’s network. In the…

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Harbottle Surgery: NHS accused of data protection breach

Posted on September 5, 2015 by Dissent

Is this a case of good intentions paving the road to a data protection breach? Can the NHS just transfer a patient’s records to another practice without the patient’s consent, even if they mean well? BBC reports: NHS bosses have been accused of breaking data protection law by passing on medical records without consent. Harbottle…

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AU: University of New South Wales Facebook page flooded with soft porn in embarrassing hack

Posted on September 5, 2015 by Dissent

7News reports: Graphic images and links to soft-core porn were posted on The University of New South Wales Facebook page early this morning, shortly before it kicked off it’s Open day. One of the posts, which has since been deleted, showed images of pornographic actress Mia Khalifa, while others showed pictures of women’s backsides and…

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