Jim Dwyer provides additional details and commentary on a breach involving research participants’ data held by the New York State Psychiatric Institute. [The research participants] included, among others, schoolchildren directly exposed to the events of Sept. 11; Puerto Rican youth; severely emotional disturbed young people in Westchester County and their caretakers; people in the Bronx suffering…
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Challenger Podlodowski discovers open door into state’s voter database
Joel Connelly reports: A yawning back-end pathway into the state’s voter registration database, through which private information could have been accessed, has been closed, thanks to the candidate challenging Secretary of State Kim Wyman. “Anyone with basic programming skills and knowledge about these weaknesses could conceivably (access) this data, look up and harvest private data…
EurekAlert! goes offline following attack
September 13, 2016 – 10:10 p.m. EDT Dear EurekAlert! Registrants: The EurekAlert! website has been taken offline as AAAS works diligently to address a serious security breach. We are taking this step out of an abundance of caution. The integrity of content on our website is of the utmost concern to us. On September 11,…
Laptop stolen from U.S. Healthwork was encrypted, but alas, the password was with it
U.S. Healthwork has notified HHS and 1400 patients after a laptop with protected health information was stolen from an employee. Although the laptop was encrypted, the password was stolen with the laptop. Notice to our Patients Regarding a Privacy Incident U.S. HealthWorks understands the importance of protecting the security of personal information of our patients….
NJ: Maplewood tax firm hacked; data held for ransom
Having spent years interviewing hackers who described themselves as hacktivists or as hacking for the lulz, talking to hackers who engage in criminal hacking as a source of income has been…. educating, to say the least. But it’s also been a reminder that too many businesses really have no clue what they’re doing – not only in…
OR: Portland financial firms warns 20,000 clients after laptop stolen from employee’s car
Matthew Kish reports: One of Oregon’s largest financial firms has warned clients of a possible data breach. Portland-based M Holdings Securities Inc., a subsidiary of M Financial Holdings Inc., has informed California’s attorney general of a stolen laptop with client information, including social security numbers. The theft occurred July 29 in Salem. […] O’Connor said the laptop…