Bloomberg reports: Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. lawyers have sent a letter asking news organizations to stop writing articles based on stolen documents released by hackers seeking to interrupt the release of the comedy “The Interview.” The letter, dated Sunday, was sent by attorney David Boies to news organizations including Bloomberg and The New York Times….
AU: Centrelink’s slap on the wrist for shocking privacy breach
Noel Towell reports: A Centrelink manager who left dozens of sensitive client files on public transport earlier this year has been let off with a small fine and a reprimand. Departmental insiders say client’s private financial data is still being routinely carried around on trains and buses in and around the Queensland capital despite the…
University of California – Berkeley discloses data breach
The University of California -Berkeley is notifying individuals of a recent data breach in the Real Estate Division. Although there is no evidence that any unauthorized individual actually acquired and used personal information, the breach involved unauthorized access to servers used to support a number of Real Estate programs and work stations, specifically those in the units formerly known…
Whidbey General WA: Hospital contests Island County prosecutor’s subpoena in chief nurse assault case
Jessie Stensland reports: Whidbey General Hospital is fighting a subpoena from the Island County prosecutor seeking an internal investigation report into allegations that the chief nursing officer assaulted a restrained patient. The prosecution is simultaneously fighting the chief nursing officer’s subpoena of all the alleged victim’s medical records. A deputy prosecutor likens the nurse’s request…
NH: Woman indicted in Exeter High computer breach
Seacoastonline.com reports: Exeter resident Lee Ann Cammett, of Dogtown Road, has been formally indicted on charges of Computer-Related Offenses. According to her indictment, Cammett “knowingly and without authorization” accessed as well as altered or tampered with student records using the PowerSchool computer network which is used by Exeter High School. Read more on Seacoastonline.com.
AU: Mental health group questions using tracking devices on patients
Isobel Roe: A mental health expert says a trial of GPS tracking devices on some Townsville mental health patients is likening them to criminals. The West Moreton health service was the first in Queensland to trial the ankle devices. Legislation in Queensland allows tracking devices to be fitted to the ankles of mental health patients…