Rich McCormick reports: The EC-Council, a US professional organization that offers a respected certification in ethical hacking, was itself hacked this weekend. Passport and photo ID details of more than 60,000 security professionals who have obtained or applied for the EC-Council’s Certified Ethical Hacker certification are at risk after the breach, many of whom work in…
KS: Doctor's X-ray postings unsettling
Tim Carpenter reports: U.S. Senate candidate Milton Wolf posted a collection of gruesome X-ray images of gunshot fatalities and medical injuries to his Facebook page and participated in online commentary layered with macabre jokes and descriptions of carnage. Wolf, a Johnson County radiologist anchoring a campaign for the Republican nomination with calls for federal heath…
UK: £500 fine for PCSO who accessed data
Ryan Jennings reports: A former Colchester PCSO has been fined for accessing the information of 148 people “out of personal curiosity” while working for Essex Police. Arrie Bygrave, 23, of Peppercorn Close, Colchester, admitted breaching the Data Protection Act by checking 1,684 records for his own purposes. Read more on Daily Gazette.
Attorney General seeks national standard to protect against identity theft
Peter Cooney reports: Attorney General Eric Holder, citing the recent massive data theft at retailer Target Corp, urged Congress on Monday to enact a national standard for notifying consumers about such breaches. “This would empower the American people to protect themselves if they are at risk of identity theft,” Holder said in a statement urging…
NZ: Nurse privacy invasion charge dismissed
Jeremy Olds reports: A nurse who followed the request of a mentally-unstable early childhood teacher and accessed her medical record has been exonerated after the woman complained about an invasion of privacy. The nurse, who has name suppression, was found by the Human Rights Review Tribunal not to have breached the Health Information Privacy Code…
Hospital records sold to insurance companies – in breach of the Data Protection Act?
After yesterday’s blockbuster revelation by the Telegraph, Jon Baines writes: I’ve asked the ICO to assess whether the sale of millions of health records to insurance companies so that they could “refine” their premiums was complaint with the law Read more on Information Rights and Wrongs.