Over the past week Indonesian hackers have been attacking innocent Australian businesses, education websites and even charity’s in protest to the Australian government, more so ASIO spying on Indonesia. Since then a lot of Australians have voiced how stupid these attacks are and that the people of Australia have done nothing to them at all….
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US Government Intervenes In False Claims Lawsuit Against United States Investigations Services For Failing To Perform Required Quality Reviews Of Background Investigations
Background checks are an important tool in preventing insider breaches. After Edward Snowden’s leaks became public, eyes turned to the firm that was responsible for checking his background, USIS. And now they’re in a slew of potentially very hot water: The government has intervened in a lawsuit filed under the False Claims Act against United…
UK: North East Lincolnshire Council hit with £80,000 penalty after breach involving special needs children’s information
A monetary penalty notice has been served by the Information Commissioner’s Office on North East Lincolnshire Council after the loss of an unencrypted USB drive containing personal and sensitive personal data relating to 286 special needs children. From the notice announcing the penalty: On 1 July 2011 an unencrypted USB memory stick containing personal and…
Personal laptop with unencrypted information on UCSF Medical Center patients stolen from employee's car
The University of California San Francisco (UCSF) Medical Center issued this statement yesterday, although you’re unlikely to find it just by visiting the center’s home page: UC San Francisco is alerting some of its patients to the theft of an employee’s laptop computer that held patient information. The security of protected health information at UCSF…
Statement from St. Mary's Janesville Hospital
St. Mary’s Janesville Hospital in Wisconsin, a member of SSM Health Care, posted this statement on their web site today: On August 27, 2013, we received a report that an SSM Health Care laptop was stolen from an employee’s car during a break-in. We are sincerely sorry this happened and want to provide pertinent information…
Computer server containing Virginia Tech job application info illegally accessed (updated)
Virginia Tech has learned that a computer server in the Department of Human Resources was illegally accessed on August 28, 2013. A VT spokesperson informs DataBreaches.net that the illegal access was from outside the school an IP address in Italy. The server contained information about 144,963 individuals who used the institution’s online employment application process…