Harve Jacobs reports: A mistake made at a medical clinic caused a potential breach of personal information of current and former airmen at Joint Base Charleston. The base says folders of paper records were improperly created at a base clinic. A former airman says he received a letter from the 628th medical group mentioning a “potential…
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TRAI Chairman’s dumb idea has frightening consequences
From CNN-News18, a follow-up to the dumb challenge the TRAI Chairman threw down on Twitter: Having published his Aadhaar number online and challenging hackers to try and “harm him”, TRAI chairman RS Sharma opened himself up to attack in more ways than one. Things took a grave turn on July 30, when Sharma’s daughter, Kavita…
OR: Lane County Health and Human Services says more than 700 patients and clients had their files lost or possibly destroyed
Bryan Anderson reports: Lane County Health and Human Services announced the loss of 49 boxes containing patient and client information Tuesday night. The boxes contained 566 Community Health Centers of Lane County patient medical information files and 149 Lane County Developmental Disabilities client files. Those files included medical histories, addresses, contact information and social security…
After Strava, Polar is Revealing the Homes of Soldiers and Spies
Foeke Postma reveals the disastrous situation: Polar, a fitness app, is revealing the homes and lives of people exercising in secretive locations, such as intelligence agencies, military bases and airfields, nuclear weapons storage sites, and embassies around the world, a joint investigation of Bellingcat and Dutch journalism platform De Correspondent reveals. In January Nathan Ruser discovered that…
FBI: Man arrested at Rochester tanning salon stole photos, passwords from 150 victims
WHAM reports: A Rochester man previously charged with recording a woman at a tanning salon in Rochester without her permission may have stolen personal information and photos from as many as 150 victims, according to an FBI investigation. On December 7, 2016, investigators with the Rochester Police Department said a woman at the Zoom Tan…
UK: Data leak fears raised over dumped Portsmouth City Council computers ‘that may have not been wiped’
Fiona Callingham reports: Portsmouth City Council could face hefty fines under General Data Protection Regulations after it was discovered that for the past two years contractors have not been obliged to erase data when removing old computer drives. Auditors revealed the discrepancy in a report that was discussed at today’s governance and audit and standards…