Joseph Brookes reports: A youth case worker stood down from a Victorian health department service provider on suspicion of accessing child pornography continued to access sensitive information about clients for months afterwards, according to a data breach inquiry into the incident. Failings in the department’s privacy protections meant the man – who was also subject to…
Personal information of over 50,000 Premier Diagnostics customers exposed on unsecured server
Diego Romo reports: A Consumer privacy watchdog, “Comparitech,” found that Lehi based company Premier Diagnostics was storing sensitive customer information on a publicly accessible server, leading to a potential data breach for over 50,000 customers. “This data could be in anyone’s hands now,” said Paul Bischoff, editor of comparitech.com. “So, your ID and your medical card are probably…
Ca: Sarnia IC apologizes for privacy breach, says he won’t resign
Oh, oops! Cathy Dobson reports: Sarnia Integrity Commissioner Paul Watson has apologized for publicly displaying confidential information during a Zoom presentation to city council Monday. “I am a 60-year-old trying to use technology during a pandemic and I made an unfortunate mistake,” said Watson. “I’m very sad about it and sorry for those individuals whose…
TR: Adim Adim hacked
The following is not a great translation, so what you need to know is that a volunteer Turksih organization that promotes charitable donations through events like marathons, was hacked. From Adim Adim’s web site: Volunteers In Pursuit of Goodness and Their Donors Who Are With Them At Every Step … As we have informed you…
Multi-state settlement in 2019 American Medical Collection Agency breach
New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced an agreement between a bipartisan coalition of 41 attorneys general from around the nation and the Westchester County debt collection agency Retrieval-Masters Creditors Bureau, d/b/a American Medical Collection Agency (AMCA), that resolves a multistate investigation into the company’s 2019 data breach. The breach exposed the personal information —…
Lot-et-Garonne firefighters victims of a cyber attack
LaDepeche.fr reports (translation): After the hospitals, the firefighters! Without faith or law, wherever they work, from France or abroad, the new IT thugs have no mercy by now attacking vital emergency and health services in our region. country. The Lot-et-Garonne firefighters have had a bitter experience since the start of the week. “We were victims of a” ransomware…