A public notice issued by Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Lawrence, Kansas that appeared on 6News (but not, apparently, on the hospital’s web site yet): On October 28, 2011, Lawrence Memorial Hospital learned that certain information maintained by Mid Continent Credit Services, Inc., d/b/a Blue Sky Credit, the hospital’s vendor for online patient bill-pay services, was inadvertently…
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Security Breach at Lawrence Memorial Hospital
A public notice issued by Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Lawrence, Kansas that appeared on 6News (but not, apparently, on the hospital’s web site yet): On October 28, 2011, Lawrence Memorial Hospital learned that certain information maintained by Mid Continent Credit Services, Inc., d/b/a Blue Sky Credit, the hospital’s vendor for online patient bill-pay services, was inadvertently…
Louisiana law firm thinks it’s okay to dump records in trash, unshredded? Seriously, folks?
Don’t lawyers have a duty of confidentiality – apart from any state laws that might apply – about disposal of records with personal information? I am, well, frankly annoyed at all the news reports I’ve seen about lawyers or law firms not disposing of records securely. Here’s yet another one, this time from Louisiana: Below…
‘Contract worker stole all Israelis’ personal information’ (updated)
Okay, this is not a great headline to wake up to. The Jerusalem Post reports: Information was used to create searchable database with sensitive information of every Israeli, living and deceased; computer technician put the database on the Internet for anyone in the world to access. A contract worker from the Ministry of Labor and…
AU: Super IT blunder risked $23m contract
Asher Moses reports that the Pillar Administration coding that left First State Super clients’ account information viewable online by simple url manipulation also affected three other superannuation funds and the federal government is delaying a contact it had with Pillar until its security is assured: The federal government has been in daily contact with the…
Financial Tracking Technologies denies any breach involving SEC staff brokerage data
Because reputation is important and because I covered accusations by the SEC that their contractor, Financial Tracking Technologies, LLC, improperly disclosed staff personal stock account data to a subcontractor or subcontractors, it seems only right to publish FTT’s response denying the allegations: With respect to the notice that the SEC provided to employees, Financial Tracking…