Theresa Boyle reports: A nurse accused of invading patients’ privacy by snooping into their medical records has lost her bid to have her disciplinary hearing held in secret. A disciplinary panel of the College of Nurses of Ontario denied Mandy Edgerton-Reid’s request to exclude the public, including the media, from a hearing into allegations that…
OK: Discarded Crest Foods job applications found
Christie Lewis reports: An anonymous tipster sent News 9 five images and claimed they were taken behind Corrugated Services at 7216 S. Bryant in Oklahoma City. The images show what looks like Crest Foods employment documents (applications, direct deposit form, etc.) with piles of cardboard in the background. Four of the pages reveal information about one woman…
AU: Police accidentally gave victim’s details to alleged attacker
Paul Farrell reports: The Australian federal police accidentally revealed the personal details of an assault victim to the alleged perpetrator, risking the safety of the complainant and his family, according to an AFP risk assessment. The lapse is one of seven serious privacy and security breaches the AFP has suffered since 2012. Details of the breaches, which…
In: Police Detain Engineering Student for OUAT Website Hacking
The New Indian Express reports: The Commissionerate of Police on Monday tracked down a student of a private engineering college for allegedly hacking the official website of Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT). The student, a self-confessed ethical hacker, was identified after police traced his internet protocol (IP) address and proceeded to zero in…
Cryptsy Hacked: Bitcoin Worth $USD 6 Million Stolen
From the talk-about-delayed-notification dept., Ali Raza reports: Paul Vernon, also known as Big Vern, founder of Cryptsy announced that the cryptocurrencies exchange had been hacked. The announcement was made more than a year after the discovery of the hack because Cryptsy, in the meanwhile, was trying to cover everything up by channelling the money it was earning back…
Hackers Are Sharing Reams of US Voter Data on the Dark Web
Joseph Cox reports: Alleged voting records of millions of American citizens have been uploaded to the dark web on a site affiliated with a well-known cybercrime forum. Although the information is not particularly sensitive in its own right, its presence on the site shows that even easily obtainable personal data can be of interest to…