Amy Thomson reports on a situation first reported by The Register yesterday: BT Group Plc (BT/A) is being investigated by a U.K. data security regulator after a whistle-blower said the way it handled data when switching users to a new e-mail system may have exposed customer information. The Information Commissioner’s Office was contacted by someone who…
Asylum data breach: Immigration Department sends apology letter
Oliver Laughland provides the update: The Department of Immigration is writing to asylum seekers detained across Australia to inform them their personal details were publicly disclosed in a massive data breach, with sources alleging the department is coercing them to sign for receipt of the letter. In February Guardian Australia revealed almost 10,000 asylum seekers had…
CO: Valley View Hospital hacked; 5400 patients affected
Roger Adams of Aspen Public Radio reports that Valley View Hospital in Glenwood Springs was the target of computer hackers who managed to insert a virus on the hospital’s system in September. A statement prominently linked from the hospital’s homepage explains that after identifying the virus in January, they brought in a forensic team who…
MI: More Credit Card Info. Compromised at Montcalm County Market
A breach involving Carson Village Market, reported previously on this blog, continues to result in new fraudulent charges on customers’ cards, and customers who used their card since January 1 are now being advised to cancel their cards. WOOD has the story.
UK: Morrisons supermarket suffers major payroll data breach (Updated)
John E. Dunn reports: British supermarket Morrisons has reportedly suffered a major data breach which saw the pay-roll data of an unknown number of its 100,000 staff stolen and published on a website. In an email sent to staff and later seen by TV media, the attack was said to have involved the theft of…
Meanwhile, in the LabMD case…
The FTC has uploaded additional rulings this week. Two relate to LabMD’s motion for additional deposition of a detective involved in the day sheets aspect of the case and the FTC’s motion for sanctions for alleged non-compliance with discovery orders: Administrative Law Judge’s Order Granting in Part and Denying in Part Complaint Counsel’s Motion for…