What’s the law in India about the press publishing documents that have been stolen if they haven’t been involved in the theft? I know we have First Amendment protection here (although it’s not absolute), but what’s Indian law on that? There’s a scandal involving Essar Group, with the media reporting revelations as a whistleblower leak….
Audit: Office of NYS Information Technology Services (OITS): Security and Effectiveness of Division of Criminal Justice Services’ Core Systems
Auditors found that OITS does not have an established monitoring and oversight process for user access management of DCJS systems and is not operating in compliance with state cyber security policies. OITS does not have established policies and procedures for backup of key DCJS systems. Also, ITS does not have an active regional backup site,…
Possible Breach at Luzerne County 911 Center
Andy Mehalshick reports: An investigation is underway into what’s being called a potential security breach at the Luzerne County 911 center. Someone posted sensitive information on a social media website. […] The Luzerne County communications center is in the process of upgrading its computer system, and sent a generic user name and password to some 235 agencies so…
Possible Breach at Luzerne County 911 Center
Andy Mehalshick reports: An investigation is underway into what’s being called a potential security breach at the Luzerne County 911 center. Someone posted sensitive information on a social media website. […] The Luzerne County communications center is in the process of upgrading its computer system, and sent a generic user name and password to some…
TalkTalk data breach leads to scam phone calls for customers
Graham Cluley writes: Hackers have stolen the personal details of thousands of TalKTalk customers, and – in some cases – used them to scam further information such as sensitive banking information. Yesterday, UK broadband and phone operator TalkTalk emailed customers to tell them that an investigation had uncovered that there had been a significant data…
TX: Hunt Regional Medical Partners Family Practice at Westlake notifies patients that records were stolen from warehouse
Hunt Regional Medical Partners Family Practice at Westlake is notifying patients that a warehouse storing patient records was vandalized January 16-17, 2015. According to a statement on their site, the intruders had access to an area that houses the records for Westlake Medical Center patients seen prior to 2010. These records may have included health information, address records and social security…