Tumblr, which had to apologize to iOS users for revealing email addresses and passwords back in July, may need to start apologizing again for what appears to be another screw-up. A DataBreaches.net reader writes: I received a notice from Tumblr that congratulated me for 1 year with them. Problem is, instead of using my user…
Yoke’s, Rosauers urge customers to not use cards amid network hack
Tom Sowa reports: Some Spokane-area grocery stores, including all 12 Yoke’s Fresh Markets and 21 Rosauers stores, are telling customers that debit and credit card payments won’t be processed normally while investigators try to secure a computer network that was hacked over the past two months. The data breach was reported in recent weeks by local…
Huge Italian Government Leaked with small link to Canada Child Porn Bust
Today Anonymous hacktivist have leaked further information from the Italian government in a on going dump of data. The data has again been leaked via cyberguerilla, uploaded to anonfiles and bayfiles as well as a preview of the documents on imgur. The documents are from or about Lombardy Governor Roberto Maroni mostly PDF files and images…
Researchers to Use EMRs to Discover New Disease Associations
I have no idea about the privacy and security controls in place, but this is fascinating stuff and demonstrates some of the good that can come out of Big Data.
FL: Patient data may have been leaked, doctors group warns
Josh Salmon reports: A physicians group with offices throughout Southwest Florida has notified 4,400 patients that their protected health information may have been breached. An employee at Florida Digestive Health Specialists LLP improperly accessed and photographed some personal patient records that included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers and telephone numbers, according to the…
Ca: Medical marijuana users launch proposed lawsuit after Health Canada privacy gaffe
I wish I had a dollar for every mailing error where someone’s Social Security number was exposed in the envelope window or embedded in the mailing address – or where one person’s statement got combined with another person’s in the same envelope. But those kind of mailing errors are nothing compared to a mailing error…