Paris Cowan reports: Privacy Commissioner Timothy Pilgrim has ordered the Department of Veterans’ Affairs to apologise to one of its clients after it handed details of an ongoing dispute over to his employer. In a case that tests nearly every exemption to the Privacy Act’s non-disclosure provisions, Pilgrim knocked back repeated attempts by the DVA…
Connecticut Department of Labor confirms privacy breach; 64 individuals’ details exposed
WTNH reports: Ohan Karagozian is a licensed optician who says he filed a claim with the Connecticut Department of Labor for help in getting some back wages from a former employer. He says what he got back in the mail from the department shocked him. “I started looking through the folders and I did not…
Brigham and Women’s Hospital notifies patients after data stolen in armed robbery
Privacy Incident Notification for Brigham and Women’s Hospital Patients Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) is committed to protecting the privacy and confidentiality of patient information. Regrettably, this notice concerns an incident involving some of that information. On September 24, 2014, a laptop computer and cell phone were stolen from a BWH physician during an armed…
Anonymous seizes Ku Klux Klan Twitter account over Ferguson threats
Violet Blue reports: Two Twitter accounts belonging to American racial segregation org Ku Klux Klan, @KuKluxKlanUSA and @YourKKKCentral, have been seized by Anonymous as part of the hacker-activist entity’s new campaign, #OpKKK. At 6:31pm PST Anonymous said it has knocked the website belonging to “Traditionalist American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan” — the group responsible for the Ferguson threats —…
How to get me to definitely not remove a link. Fsck off, LinkRemovalHelp.com.
If you’re going to hire a firm for SEO optimization or to help with negative reports about your firm, I hope you hire a good one. From my inbox (you may have to read it more than once to really get the full flavor): From: “Link Removal” <[email protected]> Subject: Action Required: Penalized Google Domain Date: Sun, November 16,…
Eight arrested in Israel and Thailand for Leumi Card data breach and extortion attempt
The Jerusalem Post reports: Eight former bank employees, in Israel and Thailand, tried to extort millions of shekels from Leumi Card Ltd., the credit card issuer affiliated with one of the nation’s largest banks, police said on Sunday. The ex-employees threatened that if they didn’t get the money, they’d sell the details of millions of…