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Chelsea and Westminster NHS trust fined £180,000 for HIV newsletter data breach

Posted on May 9, 2016 by Dissent

There’s a follow-up to the breach involving the 56 Dean Street clinic in London run by the the Chelsea and Westminster NHS Trust. The breach involved a staff member accidentally exposing all recipients of an HIV newsletter in the To: field. Today, the Information Commissioner’s Office announced a monetary penalty stemming from the incident: A London NHS…

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The Scariest Hack So Far

Posted on May 8, 2016 by Dissent

Jane Brown of Lane Powell PC writes that hackers have upped the ante from the “good old days:”   ….  A case with espionage, extortion and pseudonyms is a sign of things to come. Wire Swiss GmbH (Wire Swiss) is currently seeking a declaratory judgment and alleges civil extortion against its competitor, Quiet Riddle Ventures…

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Kroger notifies employees of W-2 breach involving Equifax service

Posted on May 6, 2016 by Dissent

It’s not just Stanford University employees who are reporting problems involving their W-2 data being accessed improperly from W2-Express, a service of Equifax. Kroger is also notifying employees. The Inquisitr reports: Grocery giant Kroger sent an email to current and former employees today indicating that their Social Security numbers and dates of birth may be compromised. The…

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Class-Action Suit Targeting Law Firm Privacy Protections Could Be Unsealed

Posted on May 5, 2016 by Dissent

Gabe Friedman reports: The privacy focused class-action law firm Edelson P.C. announced it has filed a federal class-action under seal that targets a Chicago-based regional law firm for data security holes. On Thursday morning, name partner Jay Edelson tweeted that he had filed a motion to unseal the complaint against the unnamed firm. […] In an interview with Big Law…

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UK: Health trust fined after data breach

Posted on May 4, 2016 by Dissent

ITV reports: A health trust has been hit with a £185,000 fine after it posted the private details of thousands of members of staff – including their sexual orientation – on its website. Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust inadvertently published workers’ confidential data which also included their National Insurance number, date of birth and…

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Was an Alpha Payroll Services employee cruelly fired?

Posted on May 3, 2016 by Dissent

Over on Salted Hash, Steve Ragan commented on the Alpha Payroll Services phishing incident, first reported on Daily Dot. The premise of his article appears to be that the employee who was fired was a victim, too. Steve writes, in part: The employee, victimized by the same person who later victimized Alpha Payroll clients, was fired because…

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