Another survey. Scott Koller writes: From hackers to stolen laptops, security breaches have been on the rise. While most businesses are aware of the dangers associated with potential security breaches, few truly understand the full ramifications. Calculating the time and money spent on investigations and notifications is fairly straight forward but measuring the damage to…
vBulletin.com Hacked, Customer Data Stolen
Mathew J. Schwartz reports: Are all recent versions of the vBulletin online forum software vulnerable to a zero-day exploit that would give attackers full access to the targeted system? That’s the claim being made by European hacking group “Inj3ct0r Team,” which Thursday took to Facebook to take credit for recently hacking, not only Macrumors.com, but also vBulletin.com,…
GA: Medical records scattered across Gwinnett County road
Tony Thomas reports: Thousands of pages of medical documents containing confidential information are back in the control of a local hospital after being dumped across a busy Gwinnett County road. […] Officials confirm the papers came from Eastside Medical Center in Snellville. A hospital spokeswoman tells Thomas the papers were taken by a vendor to…
GA: Hundreds of documents with personal info found along Jonesboro intersection
Ashley Swann reports: Some local residents and business owners are on high alert after hundreds of personal documents were found scattered in the middle of a busy Jonesboro intersection. Channel 2’s Ashley Swann spoke with a man who went to help clean up the mess. “We’ve got everything from loan applications to balance sheets, to…
CA: USPS investigating personal information breach in Menlo Park
Vic Lee writes: Customers in Menlo Park were shocked at what they found on the counters at the local post office — social security numbers and other personal information on a pad of scratch paper. It’s a story you’ll only see on ABC7 News. A postal service spokesperson tells us this could have been a…
Papen And Morales Call For Patient Information Security After Behavioral Health Audit
by Senator Howie C. Morales (D-Silver City) and Senate President Pro Tempore Mary Kay Papen (D-Las Cruces): …. If state law provides greater privacy protection than federal law, state law controls. New Mexico’s Children’s Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Act places limitations on the disclosure, without consent, of behavioral health information that could be…