Laura Proto reports: The personal details of students at a fee-paying independent school have been shared online in a “serious breach” of data protection that could fall foul of the law. The Information Commissioner’s Office is investigating after unique pupil numbers (UPN), full names, year groups and houses of 62 students at Harrodian School, which…
CA: Hackers Breach Perspectives Website for Religious Classes
Ionut Ilascu reports: Cybercriminals leveraged a vulnerability in the Perspectives website and managed to access a database containing eCheck payment information for website transactions. It appears that intruders also managed to publish unauthorized advertisements on certain portions of the site, promoting abortion pills. […] The date of the incident has been traced to September 2014,…
IN: St. Mary's Health: Patient information compromised in Email hack
Max Roll reports: Around 4,400 people were recently sent letters by St. Mary’s Medical Center informing them of a cyber attack on several hospital employees’ email accounts that happened in January, according to Randy Capehart, St. Mary’s spokesperson. Hackers gained access to health information contained in the emails, according to Capehart. Patient information was compromised,…
Australia’s charges against Anonymous member accused of government hack changing again
Violet Blue reports: On March 11, Adam Bennett — the radio voice of Anonymous, LoraxLive who was arrested last year for alleged computer crimes — will finally learn what he’s being charged with. This had been expected to happen this week. Instead, at the last minute, Australian Commonwealth prosecutors — for the third time since…
Secret Recording Program Nationwide At VA Medical Care Centers
Benjamin Krause writes: Under the auspices of health care quality improvement, VA medical care centers across the nation are now secretly recording veterans’ appointments with their doctors. The practice started at two Illinois VA facilities connected with VISN 12, Edward Hines VA Medical Center and Jessie Brown Medical Center. Doctors at these two VA medical care facilities agreed…
Medical device surveillance on the horizon
Joe Carlson reports: Thousands of people around the world have been exposed to toxic chemicals generated by their metal hip implants. Similarly, many patients have contracted infections from pieces of implanted mesh used in hernia-repair surgery, even though materials less prone to causing complications were available. […] That’s why harnessing the potential of data on…