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A puzzling private industry notification from the FBI (UPDATED)

Posted on March 30, 2017 by Dissent

Update of March 31: Tonight, Justin Shafer contacted this site to report that the FBI was raiding him again – for the third time – and this time, they had an arrest warrant for him. DataBreaches.net is waiting to get additional details and will post something when we know more. Original post: On March 22,…

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Companies Now Face Israel Data Security, Breach Notice Rules

Posted on March 28, 2017 by Dissent

Jenny David reports: Companies doing business in Israel will soon face mandatory data security and data breach notification requirements under regulations recently cleared by lawmakers. The data security and breach notice had been governed by voluntary guidelines issued in 2012 by the country’s privacy regulator, the Israeli Law, Information and Technology Authority (ILITA). Companies that didn’t implement…

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Laptops containing 3.7 million Hong Kong voters’ data stolen after chief executive election

Posted on March 27, 2017 by Dissent

Ng Kang-chung reports: In what could be one of Hong Kong’s most significant data breaches ever, the personal information of the city’s 3.7 million voters was possibly compromised after the Registration and Electoral Office reported two laptop computers went missing at its backup venue for the chief executive election. The devices also stored the names of…

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Dozens of patients’ medical records found lying in Melbourne street

Posted on March 26, 2017 by Dissent

Julia Medew reports: A hospital is being investigated for breaching the privacy of dozens of patients after medical records revealing a “swollen penis” and mental illnesses among other things, were found in a Coburg street. The Australian Information and Privacy Commissioner Timothy Pilgrim is investigating how the records of 31 patients were removed from the John…

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Vermont Department of Labor details data security breach at third party Vendor

Posted on March 21, 2017 by Dissent

America’s Joblink Alliance – a provider of the nationwide web-based database Joblink, which is used by the State of Vermont – has notified the State that the job seeker functionality of its website was compromised by a malicious software. The Joblink system, which is also used by nine other states, is a standalone system and…

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New Mexico passes data breach notification and protection bill

Posted on March 20, 2017 by Dissent

Erich Falke writes: Then there were two. On March 16, 2017, the New Mexico state legislature passed a bill requiring that New Mexico residents be notified if their “personal identifying information” was affected by a breach of electronic data. Upon signature of the bill, New Mexico will join 47 other states requiring such notification, and the only…

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