From the no-surprise-there dept.: An Illinois state court on Thursday tossed a putative class action over a data breach at Advocate Health and Hospitals Corp., ruling that the plaintiffs needed to prove that their data had actually been misused in order to sustain their claims. Read more on Law360.com (paywall)
Privacy breach in British Columbia's prescription system
News 1130 reports: There has been a major privacy breach in BC’s prescription medication dispensing information system. About 1,600 people’s personal information has been accessed. The Ministry of Health says an audit has found the breach happened sometime between March 9th and June 19th of this year when someone used a doctor’s PharmaNet account without…
Houstonian Hotel suffers security breach, credit card information may have been exposed
Olivia Pusinelli reports: The Houstonian Hotel, Club & Spa told guests this week it suffered a six-month “malicious software attack” that could have exposed credit card information, according to reports. The Houston Chronicle and KTRK ABC 13 report that the attack lasted from Dec. 28 to June 20 and that the U.S. Secret Service notified the hotel of…
AU: Police swoop on alleged taxi credit card fraud syndicate in Sydney
Rose Powell reports: A fraud racket with the potential to steal the credit card details of hundreds of Sydney taxi users has been dismantled following police raids. Several members of the group were arrested last week in a card-cloning den set up in a motel room in Chullora. Some 800 blank credit cards, as well as…
Update: Vodafone alerts privacy watchdog
Tom Pullar-Strecker and Siobhan Downes report: Vodafone says it has informed the Privacy Commissioner about a data breach identified by a customer yesterday. The customer said he had been able to access details of other people’s Vodafone’s accounts, including personal information, their internet usage and credit-card details by using a default password. Vodafone spokeswoman Emma Carter…
MO: Park Hill data security breach affects thousands
Jamie Oberg reports: The Park Hill School District sent out letters this week to 10,210 current and former district employees and students about a potential data security breach. The district said Tuesday that they believe the breach occurred sometime between February and April. School officials learned of the incident on April 1 after a resident…