Katie Courage reports on some research by Yashwant Malaiya, professor of computer science in the College of Natural Sciences at Colorado State University and Abdullah Algarni, a doctoral researcher in the same department. Their research is oriented to developing a standard, public – and evolving – model that will permit more rigorous study on the costs of a…
WA: Highline Medical Center notifies 18,000 patients whose information was exposed on the Internet by third-party error
The R-C Healthcare Management error that resulted in Bon Secours notifying over 655,000 patients that their protected health information had been exposed on the Internet beginning in April also impacted CHI Franciscan Health Highline Medical Center in Washington. But unlike Bon Secours, which had a current relationship with the vendor, Highline was no longer a client at the time of…
DHS Exposes Thousands of Individuals’ Private Information — Including Feds, Golfers and Priests
Eric Katz reports: Customs and Border Protection released the personally identifiable information, including Social Security numbers, of thousands of individuals to dozens of federal agencies during an investigation of cheating on polygraph tests. CBP violated some aspects of the Privacy Act in distributing the information across government, the Homeland Security Department’s inspector general found in…
Danish tax authority pays source for names mentioned in Panama Papers
DPA reports: Denmark will pay an anonymous source for information about hundreds of Danish nationals mentioned in a data leak from a Panama-based law firm linked to tax-dodging schemes, the Danish minister of taxation said Wednesday. Karsten Lauritzen welcomed the fact that parliament’s tax committee broadly supported the scheme, but noted “there is a risk…
162 million personal data items leaked over six years in Beijing
ECNS reports: More than 162 million personal information items were leaked in the past six years, with courier companies, educational institutes and online stores the major sources, reported Beijing Youth Daily. From 2013 to 2016, courts in Beijing handled 67 cases involving illegal sale or supply of personal information. Those cases that happened from 2010…
Mat-Su campus hit by data breach; more than 5,000 affected
The Daily News-Miner reports: The University of Alaska Anchorage’s Mat-Su campus has been hit by a data breach, according to a University of Alaska news release Tuesday. Several months ago, an unknown hacker or hackers used employee credentials to gain access to a server where sensitive student information such as transcripts, financial aid information addresses…