MRT reports that once again, compromising employee email provides access for attackers: Midland Memorial Hospital announced Tuesday there was a data security incident involving a limited number of patients’ personal information. […] The hospital became aware on Oct. 13 that an unauthorized third party may have obtained access to an employee’s e-mail account on or…
Hard disk mysteriously stolen after DU compiled attendance of law students
Prawesh Lama reports: A computer’s hard disk along with its CPU was stolen from Law Faculty in Delhi University on December 3 — the day officials started compiling the attendance of faculty members and that of over 7,000 law students. The law faculty’s dean, Ved Kumari, in her complaint alleged that the stolen CPU contained…
Hackers may have stolen the personal data of 80,000 people associated with Osaka University
It’s an all-too-familiar story. Kyodo News: Osaka University said Wednesday that personal data of around 80,000 students, graduates, staff, former workers and others may have been stolen by hackers. […] Using one lecturer’s ID and password, the university’s computer system was illegally accessed several times from overseas. A manager’s ID was obtained through the access…
Text alert: the ‘bank’ message that cost a student £5,400 of her loan money
Miles Brignall has a report that I would encourage you to read. Read it for yourself, because this could happen to you, of course, but also read it and then share it with any of your children who have accounts that they can access. This really is some well-done fraud that begins with fraudsters spoofing…
New Report: The Geography of Medical Identity Theft
Pam Dixon and John Emerson have authored a new report from the World Privacy Forum: The Geography of Medical Identity Theft. From the report: Summary of Findings and Recommendations This report finds that medical identity theft is growing overall in the United States, however, there’s a catch. The consumer complaint data suggests that the crime…
South Korea Imposes ~$55,000 Fines On a Crypto Operator for Security Failures
There’s a follow-up to the Bithumb hack, noted previously on this site. Profit Confidential reports: An operator of Bithumb, BTC Korea.com, was reportedly fined for leaking the data of its users. They allegedly stored the data without encrypting it, and according to reports, their anti-virus software was not updated as well. Due to this loophole,…