Jonathan Dame reports: Charles River Medical Associates says it lost a portable hard drive believed to contain personal information and x-ray images of everyone who received a bone density scan at its Framingham radiology lab within the past eight years. That is, 9,387 people. The practice mailed letters Monday to the patients whose medical records…
Online Shop Can’t Determine Card Breach Onset Due To “Lack of Backups”
I tweeted about this breach disclosure earlier today after Zack Whittaker called everyone’s attention to it, and I am glad to see that Catalin has written the matter up: In a data breach notification letter submitted to the Office of the Attorney General for the state of California, a makeup product vendor said it could…
Lawyer for Franklin Regional School District DDoS suspect seeks evidence suppression
Jeff Himler reports that the attorney for Michaela King, a former Franklin Regional School District student accused of launching cyber attacks in 2016 that affected local school districts, the Catholic diocese, and Westmoreland County government, has asked the court to suppress evidence in the case. …. King’s attorney, David Shrager, claims the consultant violated state and…
So easy children could do it? Centennial School District Hacked by Students
Travis Loose reports: The Centennial School District on Friday announced a security breach within its student information systems. District officials do not currently believe any important student information was taken, however the investigation is ongoing. Two Centennial High School students — a junior and senior, both under 18 — are responsible for data breach, school…
Vermont poised to act on data security
Elizabeth Hewitt reports: Vermont lawmakers are poised to take action to regulate data brokers in the coming months. Data brokers — companies that collect and maintain consumers’ personal information — have been in the spotlight after the credit report giant Equifax revealed that a security breach exposed the private information of millions of Americans. However,…
Shoot/Sue the Messenger, Indian style: An Indian journalist exposed a huge breach in a government database. Now she’s facing a police complaint.
Vidhi Doshi reports: An Indian government agency has filed a police complaint against a journalist who exposed a possible security breach in the country’s vast biometric database that contains the personal details of more than 1 billion citizens, raising fresh concerns about shrinking press freedom in India. The complaint against journalist Rachna Khaira came after she wrote…