And once again, we see volunteers being given sensitive personal information without any requirement that they protect the data properly. Gabriela De Anda reports: The parents of more than 80 young athletes in the Milpitas Knights PAL Youth Football program received a troubling e-mail Aug. 8. The president of the league sent an apology stating…
UK: Email error by Kent Social Care Professionals compromises safety of dozens of vulnerable people
Thom Morris reports: Codes for key safes and names, addresses and telephone numbers of dozens of elderly and vulnerable people were accidentally sent out on an email. As many as 120 people under the care of Kent Social Care Professionals (KentSCP) had their safety compromised after the list was unintentionally distributed to almost 200 people….
Geekface hacked; designers and users’ information accessed
Some designers who registered with Hatchwise.com or eLogoContest.com may be getting a nasty surprise – a breach notification: On or about August 5th, 2014, an intruder illegally gained access to a Geekface LLC server. The data accessed included personal information such as names, addresses, birth dates, usernames and passwords, and social security numbers. The data…
NY: Nurse gets 4 to 12 years in Albany Medical Center ID theft case
Robert Gavin reports: A licensed practical nurse was sentenced four to 12 years in state prison Tuesday for her role in stealing the identities of dozens of mostly elderly patients. Suzette Guzman-Moore and her boyfriend Emmett Woods were arrested May 7 for their roles in a scheme authorities said preyed on at least 50 patients. Read more on TimesUnion.com
Ca: Newfoundland health authority says botched fax breached privacy of 52 patients
Faxing errors continue to contribute to privacy breaches. The Canadian Press reports: Newfoundland and Labrador’s second largest health authority is apologizing to 52 patients for a privacy breach it blames on a botched fax number. Central Health Authority says medical information was mistakenly faxed as an email to a 1-800 number instead of a 1-866 number….
Intelligence Gap: How a Chinese National Gained Access to Arizona’s Terror Center
Andrew Becker, CIR and Ryan Gabrielson, ProPublica report: LIZHONG FAN’S DESK WAS AMONG A CROWD of cubicles at the Arizona Counter Terrorism Information Center in Phoenix. For five months in 2007, the Chinese national and computer programmer opened his laptop and enjoyed access to a wide range of sensitive information, including the Arizona driver’s license…