If you stayed at the San Francisco Airport- South San Francisco Embassy Suites Hotel in 2013, check your mail for a breach notification letter. It seems the hotel recently discovered that two computers at their front desk were compromised by skimmers during 2013 and guests’ names, card numbers, expiration dates, and CVV2 codes were captured….
University of Miami Health System Loses Records Including Social Security Numbers
Allie Conti reports: The University of Miami Health System, one of South Florida’s largest health providers, has lost an indeterminate number of patient records including Social Security numbers and some health information. The Healthy System has been quietly informing patients of the Department of Otolaryngology of the loss, which was discovered more than six months…
Giant patient records database 'should be delayed'
Nick Triggle reports: The roll-out of a new NHS data-sharing scheme involving medical records should be delayed as patients have been left “in the dark”, a patient watchdog says. A giant database, Care.data, is being set up with anonymised records to help aid medical research and the monitoring of performance. But Healthwatch England said the…
PChome apologizes over privacy breach
CNA reports: Web portal PChome Online Inc. apologized Monday for an unintentional release of its members’ private photo albums via smartphones. The company said it fixed the glitch immediately after it was informed of the problem the previous day. “Now our services, especially via smartphones, are functioning normally,” it said in a text message to…
Barclays Bank probes ‘client data sold to rogue City traders’ breach
John Leyden reports: Barclays Bank has launched an investigation following a reported security breach involving thousands of confidential customer files. The Mail on Sunday took delivery of a memory stick containing personal details of 2,000 Barclays customers from a whistleblower. The files reportedly contained passport and national insurance details, as well as financial data, health and insurance…
‘Hacker’ case pits suspect’s intellect vs. FBI surveillance
Dennis Wagner reports: In spring 2008, FBI agents were struggling to identify a criminal who electronically filed hundreds of fraudulent tax returns, ripping off the federal government for more than $3 million. Investigators and informants started referring to their phantom bad guy as “the Hacker.” Prosecutors persuaded a federal grand jury in Arizona to secretly…