Ke Jiayun reports: A 10-member gang were caught in Beijing and Shanghai for illegally obtaining and selling personal information, with local police saying it had seized data belonging to nearly 1 million people. The gang made over 320,000 yuan (US$52,704) from the illegal dealings. In mid-August this year, a woman filed a complaint claiming her…
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CT: Torrington superintendent’s grade tampering probe reveals security breach
Isaac Avilucea reports: An internal probe into potential grade tampering at Torrington High School revealed a significant security breach where at least five school district employees had clearance to alter grades who shouldn’t have had that permission. Those administrative rights, Board of Education Chairman Ken Traub said, have been revoked while the school district looks…
Psychological assessments provider notifies patients after laptop with PHI stolen in office burglary
A breach reported by Comprehensive Psychological Services LLC in South Carolina was added to HHS’s public breach tool yesterday. According to HHS’s entry, 3,500 patients were notified after a laptop was stolen from the practice’s office on October 28. Comprehensive Psychological Services LLC offers a range of assessment and evaluation procedures including neuropsychological testing, educational…
IG: Personal Information Stolen from 104,179 after Energy Department Cyber Attack
Elizabeth Harrington reports on a newly-released Inspector General’s report on the hack at the Department of Energy previously covered on this blog. Some of the highlights: The Energy department was aware of “early warning signs” that personally identifiable information (PII) of its employees was at risk. The attackers used exploits commonly available on the internet…
National American University students’ financial information exposed, but what laws protect them?
Joe O’Sullivan reports: When National American University moved from one Rapid City campus to a new location earlier this year, the school or a contractor appears to have improperly disposed of thousands of sensitive student financial records that included names, addresses, loan numbers and Social Security numbers, according to documents reviewed by the Rapid City…
Horizon BCBS notifying 840,000 members after laptops stolen with personal data (update 1)
Ed Beeson reports: Nearly 840,000 members of Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield are being notified that their personal information may have been contained on a pair of laptops that were stolen from the insurer’s Newark headquarters last month. The stolen laptops were password-protected, but had unencrypted data, Horizon said in a statement today. A subsequent…