DW reports that there’s been another large data theft reported in Germany: Another mass hacking of private data was confirmed by German officials on Thursday, this time involving 18 million email addresses and passwords. Authorities in the northwestern city of Verden discovered the trove of information, according to the city’s public prosecutor Lutz Gaebel. Unidentified…
FL: Social Security Numbers of 530 Polk County School District Employees Exposed
Greg Parlier reports: The Social Security numbers of 530 Polk County School District employees were available to the public online for two years until they were taken down last month, district officials said Thursday. Mike Perrone, the School District’s chief financial officer who oversees human resources, said the numbers were part of a large document…
PK: Privacy breach: ‘Hacker’ arrested for leaking private data
Asad Kharal reports: A man was arrested on Wednesday for hacking into a cellular company’s database and uploading the information of its subscribers on a website. Mubashar Shahzad, a resident of Kasur, was arrested after the National Response Centre for Cyber Crime (NR3C) of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) traced his IP (internet protocol) address,…
UK: Hospital data sold without patients' consent to boost profits of private drugs companies
Jenny Hope reports: Hospital records have been sold to dozens of companies including pharmaceutical giants and private firms without patients’ knowledge or consent, newly-released data shows. Details about NHS patients have gone to major names including Bayer, Baxter, AstraZeneca, Bupa and Roche. Consultancy firms McKinsey, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and Ernst and Young are also among those…
Michigan Department of Community Health notifying 2,595 individuals of breach
MDCH Notifying Individuals Regarding Protected Health Information Breach For Immediate Release: April 3, 2014 LANSING – The Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH) recently became aware of a breach of protected health information under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and is notifying 2,595 individuals and the Department of Health and Human Services regarding…
Sutherland Healthcare identifies additional patients to notify of breach (UPDATED)
Sutherland Healthcare Solutions, who disclosed a breach affecting over 220,000 patients in California, discovered that additional patients had information on the stolen computers and is now sending them notification letters. Update: Abby Sewell of the Los Angeles Times reports: Los Angeles County officials said Thursday that 170,200 additional victims have been identified in a theft…