The hacker group Anonymous is preparing a cyber-attack on corporate sponsors of the World Cup in Brazil to protest the lavish spending on the soccer games in a country struggling to provide basic services, said a hacker with knowledge of the plan on Friday. Earlier this week, Anonymous attacked the Brazil’s Foreign Ministry computer networks…
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UK: Mathilda Marks Kennedy School sorry for data breach on pupil's health
The head of a Mill Hill Jewish primary is “mortified” by the disclosure of a pupil’s medical condition in an email sent in error by an administrator to the parents of all children. The message, detailing how to deal with the student, had been intended solely for Mathilda Marks-Kennedy staff. Read more on TheJC.com.
Eagerly awaited testimony in FTC v. LabMD shed no new light on FTC's data security standards
A number of people were hopeful that the FTC would disclose more information about its data security standards in testimony to be provided by Daniel Kaufman, Deputy Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, in FTC v. LabMD. If you were expecting new insights, however, you will likely be disappointed. Rather than having Kaufman…
MI: Hurley Medical Center e-mail error discloses some employee and retiree Social Security numbers
Amanda Emery reports: Hurley Medical Center inadvertently released the names and social security numbers of an undisclosed number of employees and retirees while trying to fix issues with its health care plan. According to a news release from Hurley Medical Center, the hospital recently discovered that an email attachment sent to a “limited number of…
Ladies First Choice, Inc. reports insider theft of customer data
Ladies First Choice, Inc. in Florida reported to HHS that 2,365 were affected by an incident on January 1, 2013. The incident was coded as “Theft, Unauthorized Access/Disclosure,” with the location of the information listed as “laptop.” On investigation, I don’t think that the incident occurred on January 1, 2013, but rather that the oldest…
FL: Former Baptist Health worker sentenced in Operation Zig Zag
Francine Frazier reports: A former Baptist Health employee was sentenced this week to three years in prison for identity theft in connection with Operation Zig Zag, the State Attorney’s Office announced Friday. Yvonne Marie Johnson, 46, was convicted on three counts of Criminal Use of Personal Identification in March. Read more on News4Jax. Background on…