Ben Grubb reports: Optus says it mistakenly released an undisclosed number of customers’ names, mobile numbers and addresses to Sensis, which led to them being published in the White Pages. The details exposed were of those who requested their number be kept silent, or private. The telco, which began notifying customers about the issue last…
No information security breach found in wake of charter school’s mailer to Jersey City parents
Michaelangelo Conte reports: A Sherman Avenue charter school did not access the Jersey City school system’s computers to obtain personal information about district students for a mailer, a district official said this afternoon. The school district had been concerned that the METS Charter School obtained the information form the city school data system but an…
Hackers claim to have compromised personal data of 600,000 Domino’s Pizza customers
Jan Willem Aldershoff reports: Hackers have reportedly stolen data of more than 600,000 Domino’s Pizza customers. A group of hackers demand € 30,000 before next Monday or they will make captured data public. The hacker group goes by the name Rex Mundi and claims to have hacked the websites of Domino’s Pizza in France and Belgium. They’ve…
CEO of Tiversa responds to House Oversight letter
Yesterday, House Oversight sent a letter to the FTC concerning the former’s investigation of Tiversa. The letter informed the FTC that information Tiversa had provided to the FTC – information that formed a significant part of the FTC’s complaint against LabMD – might be “inaccurate,” “incomplete,” or “untruthful.” PHIprivacy.net put some questions to Tiversa about the letter and situation, and received…
Mounties charge Quebec teen for hacking Bell customer data, posting it online
It looks like a member of NullCrew has been arrested. The Canadian Press reports: The Mounties have charged a young offender in Quebec after the user names, passwords and credit-card information from some of Bell Canada’s small-business customers were posted online. The RCMP say they started investigating after one of Bell’s third-party IT suppliers was cyberhacked….
HHS issues report to Congress under HITECH
Under Section 13402(i) of HITECH, HHS is required to submit to Congress an annual report containing the number and nature of breaches reported, and the actions taken in response to those breaches. Section 13424(2) of the HITECH Act requires the Secretary to make each report available to the public on the HHS website. HHS had issued one…