Waqas writes: In a strange incident, an Internet bot has been blamed for hacking 20 million MTN Irancell users, one of the most popular and second largest mobile phone operator in Iran. Fars news agency reported the incident took place on Telegram message app when a @MTNProBot appeared on the service allowing anyone to insert user’s phone number and collect their…
Still ignoring the smaller paper breaches? Stop.
Add this to your “small breaches, big impact” analyses. As seen on the New Zealand Herald: A doctor’s office disclosed a patient’s childhood abuse when a letter was sent to the person’s neighbour accidentally. The incident happened when the patient told their GP about past abuse, who referred them on to counselling to help work…
Here’s how police arrested Lauri Love – and what happened next
Over on The Register, Alexander J. Martin provides the story of how Lauri Love’s search warrant was executed back in 2013 and what happened next. It provides some interesting details and color. I’m not sure it really changes anything legally. But if you’re following his extradition hearing and the attempts of the U.S. government to…
Florida Woman Gets Four Years For Stealing 652 Identites
Low-tech is still effective. CBS Miami reports that Laveisha Dorray Charles-Coldros has been sentenced to four years in federal prison for possessing more that than 600 stolen identities that were used to steal tax returns and in fraud. Hallandale Beach police had stopped the 30-year-old woman and found mail addressed to numerous people and a…
Planned Parenthood: Potential Patient Records Breach in Dubuque
On May 6, 2016, Planned Parenthood of the Heartland discovered a potential breach of patients’ personal health information. Hard copy patient records from August 1, 2008 – April 30, 2014 may have been accessed by unauthorized parties during the April 2016 closure and subsequent sale of our Dubuque health care center. This potential breach is…
UK: NHS seeks cure for its costly digital headache
Gill Hitchcock reports: This May two NHS trusts were fined almost £400,000 for failing to protect confidential information. Chelsea and Westminster revealed the email addresses of HIV service users, while Blackpool teaching hospitals published private information about thousands of staff online. But are these incidents simply isolated sloppiness or a growing problem as the NHS digitises its records?…