A British based chat and social website has become victim to hackers after its security failed to keep them out. The site named Lookitsme (https://www.lookitsme.co.uk) which appears to be a adult social and chat site which allows users to have personal gallery’s, get rated by others on "looks" and have chats with others has become a target after its…
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Mass email by Dent Neurologic inadvertently breaches privacy of 10,200 patients
Melinda Miller and Stephen Watson report: Confidential information about more than 10,200 patients of Dent Neurologic Institute was inadvertently sent to more than 200 patients Monday in an email attachment. The personal information – including patients’ names and home addresses, their doctors’ names, last appointment dates and their email addresses – was contained on an…
FTC Panel Highlights Growing Problem of Medical Identity Theft, Especially Among Senior Citizens
Identity theft is the nation’s fastest-growing crime, claiming almost ten million victims per year, according to FBI statistics. Medical identity theft is the latest threat to affect patients—especially senior citizens. To address this growing epidemic, the Federal Trade Commission will host the educational forum “Senior Identity Theft: A Problem in This Day and Age” to discuss the challenges facing victims of…
Westcoast Children's Clinic notifies parents after sensitive info faxed to wrong number
Westcoast Children’s Clinic in Oakland recently notified the parents of a patient after a psychological assessment report containing the patient’s name, date of birth, current placement history, developmental and psychological treatment history, limited family history, educational history, current psychological concerns, testing data, results and interpretation, and treatment recommendations was faxed to an unintended recipient. The…
NZ: Ministry breaches pupils’ privacy
Unbelievable how many email breaches we’re seeing reported in New Zealand recently. Here’s yet another one: The Privacy Commissioner has been notified after the school marks of 38 teenaged pupils were sent to the wrong email recipients. Acting Secretary for Education Peter Hughes announced the privacy breach today, in relation to a PISA international study…
Anonymous statement Message to the Government of Nova Scotia
Over the past few weeks tension has been building for a Operation started in the name of Rehtaeh Parsons who was put threw hell after a rape and sadly took her own life. Anonymous have started the operation (#[OpJusticeForRehtaeh](https://twitter.com/search?q=%23OpJusticeForRehtaeh&src=typd)) to gain awareness as well as asking for a full independent inquiry into the case due to the fact the police failed…