The following notice was posted by the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities on their web site yesterday. Spoiler alert: they do not say whether any policies requiring encryption or security of mobile devices were violated by the employee who left the laptop in an unattended vehicle. Nor are they offering any free credit…
FL: Swan and Dolphin Resort worker accused of snooping through personal information (UPDATED)
Jeff Deal reports: Investigators learned a worker at the Swan and Dolphin Resort on Walt Disney World property was snooping through personal information of others. Investigators said 26-year-old Bryant Plosch, a security officer at the resort, was supposed to use the database to protect guests. Instead, officials said they caught him logging in from his…
TX: More veterans personal information may have been shared
If you read the VA’s monthly reports to Congress (as I do), you’ll know that these mis-mailings are all too common. Barry Davis of KENS5 reports: Rich Corey was glad to see a voucher from the VA arrive at his home, so he could go see a doctor outside of the veterans healthcare system. The…
Edmonton man outraged after information breach by Royal Alexandra Hospital
Shallima Maharaj reports: An Edmonton man was left stunned after being discharged from the Royal Alexandra Hospital and discovering the discharge papers he was given were not his own. “I got this gentleman’s paperwork with his Alberta health care number, his birthday, his name. Everything. Everything of this gentleman’s is here,” said Kevin Plican. Plican was also…
Thousands of Snapchat images may have been hacked via a third-party image-saving service
David Meyer reports: The database of a Snapchat image-saving service — not associated with Snapchat itself — has allegedly been hacked, and the hackers have claimed on 4chan that they will make hundreds of thousands of Snapchat users’ private images and videos available in a searchable database. Read more on GigaOm.
Is the precedent set for when a contractor gets breached?
Drew Hansen reports: As we reported, the Office of Personnel Management’s decision not to renew two contracts with Falls Chuch-based US Investigations Services LLC led to the loss of 2,500 jobs. But it might also have set a precedent for how government handles contractor breaches. As a reminder, in July, the background checks division at USIS was…