On September 2, Heritage Foundation spokesman Wesley Denton issued the following statement: We experienced a malicious, unauthorized data breach of six-year-old documents on an external server that appear to contain personal information of private donors, who we are notifying. We are unable to verify the authenticity of files circulated online. All Americans have the right to…
Hackers Hit Hawaii First FCU
Tina Orem reports: Social Security and bank account numbers are some of the information hackers may have taken in a breach at Hawaii First Federal Credit Union in Kamuela, according to a letter the credit union sent to current and former employees and members. The hack may have taken place via unauthorized access to an employee’s email…
Credit card information stolen at gas stations
I’m seeing a rash of reports involving card skimmers at gas stations, most of which I’m not posting to this blog. Here are two such reports as examples, though: Michigan State Police and the Ionia County Sheriff’s Office are investigating reports of fraudulent credit card activity. There have been at least 12 credit card skimmers found at…
Harbottle Surgery: NHS accused of data protection breach
Is this a case of good intentions paving the road to a data protection breach? Can the NHS just transfer a patient’s records to another practice without the patient’s consent, even if they mean well? BBC reports: NHS bosses have been accused of breaking data protection law by passing on medical records without consent. Harbottle…
AU: University of New South Wales Facebook page flooded with soft porn in embarrassing hack
7News reports: Graphic images and links to soft-core porn were posted on The University of New South Wales Facebook page early this morning, shortly before it kicked off it’s Open day. One of the posts, which has since been deleted, showed images of pornographic actress Mia Khalifa, while others showed pictures of women’s backsides and…
5 things the FTC should do to improve data security in the wake of Wyndham
Dan Solove and Woody Hartzog have 5 suggestions for how FTC could use its authority to improve data security: Here’s how we think the FTC should use its authority to drive important change: 1. Do more proactive enforcement 2. Take on more data security cases 3. Push companies toward improved authentication – moving beyond mere passwords 4….