To regular readers of DataBreaches.net and those first migrating over from PHIprivacy.net: Because the time and expense of operating three web sites became seriously headache-inducing for me, I’ve consolidated PHIprivacy.net and DataBreaches.net. All medical/health data breach reports that appeared on PHIprivacy.net have now been incorporated in the “Health Data” category on this site. Non-breach posts from PHIprivacy.net…
Investigation: Burglar Uses Personal Info Sold by Minnesota to Target Victims
Megan Newquist reports: Imagine a burglar stalking his victims and taking pictures of their cars in parking lots, knowing their whereabouts and then breaking into their homes. Eden Prairie police say that’s exactly what 45-year-old David William Pollard was doing, but they didn’t know how until he was arrested leaving a Minnetonka home on April…
TalkTalk data being used to con seniors
A caution from the Daily Mail: In the past week, many pensioners have told the Daily Mail how they have fallen victim to conmen pretending to be from TalkTalk. They often claim to be offering compensation for the data breach before asking for victims’ bank account details. Last night a senior cyber-crime officer warned: ‘The…
vBulletin, Foxit Software forums hacked by Coldzer0; hundreds of thousands of users’ info stolen
This post was co-authored with @Cyber_War_News. Some days we scratch our heads at the folks who proudly claim hacks and then give law enforcement enough evidence to go after them. And then this happened: #vBulletin 5.x.x hacked by Coldzer0 today. Licences & database dumped, shell on server. vBulletin denied. #0day #security #zeroday — Terry Tran (@terryjunx) November…
PageFair breach disclosure
Here’s an example of how to timely detect and disclose a breach transparently. Halloween Security Breach By Sean Blanchfield PageFair security breach has been resolved – here is what you need to know. Update 1 – 21:30 GMT November 1, 2015 Core Facts If you are a publisher using our free analytics service, you have good…
Stanford researchers identify potential security hole in genomic data-sharing network
Hackers with access to a person’s genome might find out if that genome is in an international network of disease databases. Sharing genomic information among researchers is critical to the advance of biomedical research. Yet genomic data contains identifiable information and, in the wrong hands, poses a risk to individual privacy. If someone had access…