The recent update to the HHS breach tool made me aware of a breach involving Georgetown University Hospital that affected over 1,500 patients. The following statement was issued by Georgetown University Hospital, who kindly provided this site with a copy of the notification: A USB thumb drive storing patient information was recently determined to be…
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UK: 8,000 students caught up in email security breach
Graeme Paton reports: The details of more than 8,000 students were sent out by Student Finance England as part of a mass email distribution following a blunder by staff. Last night, the agency apologised for the error which they put down an administrative error. It has since contacted all students involved to assure them that…
1,300 Brigham Young University students’ information released accidentally
Paige Fieldsted reports: The personal information of hundreds of international students at BYU was inadvertently released by email Monday. The message was sent by a staff member in the University Advisement Center who was sending out a notice of a career workshop, but a complete list of students’ names, email addresses, phone numbers and student…
28+ indian sites hacked by orionshunter of BBHH
content/images/gallery/random3/bd-black-hat-hackers-hacked-by-orions-hunter-bd-black-hat-hackers.png orionshunter of Bangladeshi black hat hackers has contuined the defacing war that has been going on for the past few months now, with an additional 28+ websites now defaced. — Message — 15 Years Innocent Girl Felani Killed by Fucking Indian Border Security Force (BSF)STOP HACKING BANGLADESHI SITES, STOP ARRESTING BD HACKERS, STOP BORDER KILLING…
Twitter yanks @LindenLeaks account, but some damage was already done
Russell Korando reports on a university data breach that demonstrates why universities need to nail down security and access to education records: LindenLeaks is no longer posting information about Lindenwood University or its students on Twitter. Sometime early Wednesday, the Twitter account stopped publishing. Lindenwood officials, St. Charles police and the St. Charles County Cyber…
Kern Medical Center notifies 1,500 patients after records stolen from physician's car
Christine Dinh reports: Kern Medical Center is sending out letters to 1,500 patients notifying them their medical records have been stolen. KMC says the theft happened February 25. A hospital resident physician conducting research printed out 1,500 records of patients who previously visited the clinic for valley fever. The resident took home the records in…