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Boston University notifies medical research participants after server compromise

Posted on August 29, 2015 by Dissent

When a Boston University server was used to launch attacks against a system in Nova Scotia in May, the Nova Scotia network administrator contacted BU to alert them. BU’s month-long investigation revealed that one of its servers had been compromised – possibly by a hacker in Russia – in March 2015. Of note, the compromise…

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“Small” breach, big impact, redux

Posted on August 29, 2015 by Dissent

In November 2013, I blogged about the case of a privacy breach at Northern Inyo Hospital that was so devastating to the patient that she was going to move away. The breach was a willful insider breach that impacted a custody dispute. That same year, and unbeknownst to most people, there was a lawsuit filed over another insider…

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MA: Records request yields heavily redacted letter sent to state Attorney General in wake of Amherst website data disclosure

Posted on August 29, 2015 by Dissent

An update to a previously noted breach. Scott Merzbach reports:  A public records request by the Daily Hampshire Gazette seeking more information about the disclosure of residents’ personal information through the Amherst municipal website yielded a heavily redacted letter that collector and treasurer Claire McGinnis sent to state Attorney General Maura Healey, notifying her office…

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Man linked to JPMorgan hacking in talks to resolve U.S. case: filing

Posted on August 28, 2015 by Dissent

Nate Raymond reports: A Florida man accused of running an unlicensed bitcoin exchange and who is among five defendants linked to last summer’s massive data breach at JPMorgan Chase & Co is in talks to resolve his criminal case, according to court papers filed Friday. In a court filing in federal court in Manhattan, a…

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PA: Two York County Court clerks leak police information to suspects

Posted on August 28, 2015 by Dissent

Taniel Orr reports: Two employees in a York District Judge’s office have been let go after officials say they gave out sensitive information, which included a police officer’s work schedule, to suspects. According to charging documents, Solmaria Martinez-Arce, 31,  also known as “Beba,” and Brittany Koons, 29, both of York, were desk clerks in Magistrate…

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South Dakota School of Mines and Technology email gaffe exposes student info

Posted on August 28, 2015 by Dissent

AP reports: Officials at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology say an email that a university employee inadvertently sent to graduate students included an attachment with names, student identification numbers and grade point averages of about 350 students.   Read more on Idaho Statesman.

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