A University of Louisville database of 708 names that included social security numbers and dialysis details was available on the Internet without password protection for nearly 1 ½ years, university officials said Wednesday . The Web site was disabled on May 17 when the university discovered the flaw. University officials said in a statement that…
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Privacy Breaches May Expose More Social Security Data At Penn State
Adam Smeltz reports: As many as 25,572 Social Security numbers once stored on Penn State computer systems may have been exposed during security breaches in recent weeks, the university reported Wednesday. But Penn State has no evidence that any unauthorized people have accessed the Social Security numbers, which appear to belong to alumni, spokesman Geoff…
NY: Medical records found in DMV’s dumpster
Eli George reports: Who dumped medical records, containing confidential patient information, at the DMV? These are some of the most sensitive, intimate personal medical records a person can have. A county worker was tossing garbage into the dumpster at the Auto Bureau in Cheektowaga and spotted boxes of files that just didn’t belong there. Erie…
Roanoke City Schools sold computers with employees personal information
The Roanoke City School Superintendent told the districts more than 2000 employees that their personal information may have been compromised. Rita Bishop said today that eight computers the district sold second-hand still had their hard dives intact. Those hard drives were supposed to be removed before the computers were sold. This potential compromise of personal…
Former U. Akron student pleads guilty to damaging systems, DDoS attacks
Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, announced Wednesday Mitchell L. Frost, age 23, of Bellevue, Ohio, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Nancy A. Vecchiarelli and pleaded guilty to a two-count Information filed on May 14, 2010, which charged Frost with causing damage to a protected computer system and possessing…
Missing records on stolen laptop from Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
Unencrypted. Employee’s car. Pardon me while I spit. Peggy O’Farrell reports (emphasis added by me): Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center is beefing up its computer security after a laptop computer containing more than 61,000 patient records was stolen. The laptop was stolen from a hospital employee’s personal vehicle while it was parked outside the employee’s…