Remember when documents with sensitive information on Victoria Climbié were found in abandoned council offices? Ruth McKee reports: A councillor who blew the whistle on confidential data found lying in the middle of the former Southgate Town Hall has been punished for revealing the extent of the security breach. Henry Lamprecht, ward councillor for Southgate Green…
UK: Police censured for data breaches
Hundreds of police staff, including high-ranking officers, have been censured for breaching data protection laws – from snooping on their children and ex-wives, to social media gaffes. And in one case, a Pc got into hot water after wrongly telling family members that a loved one had died. Others breached data protection regulations to access…
NI Department of Justice fined for data breach
BBC reports: Northern Ireland’s Department of Justice has been fined £185,000 for auctioning off a filing cabinet that contained personal information about victims of a terrorist attack. The locked cabinet was one of 59 sold off by the Compensation Agency in 2012. When the buyer forced it open, they found it contained documents about injuries…
Wide Area and Sensing Conference Hacked, Database Leaked for #OpbigBrother
Today an Anonymous hacker posted a leak of data to zerobin that comes from the Wide Area (https://wasc.rmtech.org/) and Sensing Conference held by Rocky Mountain Technology Alliance (https://rmtech.org/). The Conference which use to go by the name of High Altitude and Near Space Conference was recently change to the Wide Area and Sensing Conference but it appears some where along the…
PA: Wind Gap Kmart reports prescription data breach following armed robbery
Jim Deegan reports: A gunman who robbed the Wind Gap Kmart last month left with more than cash. A bag stolen from a safe contained money and electronic media that backed up the store pharmacy’s computer system, the retailer said today. The media contained confidential information related to customer prescriptions: names, addresses, dates of birth, prescription numbers,…
Woman pleads guilty to forging letters to Alexian Brothers patients
Finally, this bizarre case appears to be over. Barbara Vitello reports that Michelle Morrison, formerly employed by Alexian Brothers Behavioral Health Hospital pleaded guilty to three separate counts of forgery and has been sentenced to 30 months probation. As a senior account representative at the Alexian Brothers psychiatric facility from November 2005 until July 2010, Morrison handled billing…