For your file on “small breaches with big impact:” Barrie police Special Const. Ralph Hillyard was fired last week for what Greenwood calls “misconduct and unacceptable behaviour,” one day after Ontario court justice William Gorewich rebuked the officer for accessing restricted cell block video of a woman in custody that captured her using the toilet….
UK: Expectant parents hit by National Childbirth Trust data breach
BBC reports: A childbirth charity has apologised to expectant parents after their registration details were accessed in a “data breach”. The National Childbirth Trust (NCT) sent a message saying their email addresses, usernames and passwords had been “compromised”. The incident has been reported to police and the UK’s data watchdog. The NCT stressed no other…
Computers Off Limits to Anthem in Data Breach Suit
Matthew Renda reports: A federal judge denied Anthem’s request for access to computers of former customers who accuse the insurance giant of failing to protect their personal information in an enormous data breach last year. Anthem filed a motion seeking permission to access plaintiffs’ computers, smartphones and tablets to image and copy them to determine…
Everything’s broken….
So to review…. in the past four months or so, I’ve seen.. a database with 191 million U.S. voter registration records leaking… a database with 55 million Philippine voters that was hacked and dumped… a database with 50 million Turkish citizens’ identity information that was leaked.. information on expats and tourists in Thailand leaking online… Almost…
NY: Ringleader In Orange County Bank Fraud And Identity-Theft Scheme
There’s an update to a case noted previously on this site. Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced the sentencing of ringleader Tyrone “Reece” Lee, 29, for running an identity-theft ring that stole over $457,000 from customers of Wachovia Bank (now Wells Fargo) in Newburgh, N.Y. In February, following a trial in Orange County Court,…
Mental health records sent to N.S. spa in error over last decade
Yvonne Colbert reports: A Bedford, N.S., woman has spent more than a decade trying to plug a privacy breach that has resulted in personal mental health records being faxed to her business, and has turned to CBC News in an effort to get the faxes to stop. Over the years, Lisa Belanger estimates she’s received dozens…