Aungelique Proctor reports: FOX 5 has learned a couple of hundred government employees could have had their Social Security numbers given out during open enrollment. Ammie Jones said she was startled when she saw total (sic) the names of strangers listed as the beneficiaries on her life insurance policy. “It was someone else’s name,” Jones…
Adobe breach even bigger than we knew
Yes, the Adobe breach is back in the news as some have discovered that a data dump posted online contains the email addresses, encrypted passwords and password hints stored in clear text from 152 million Adobe user accounts. Embarrassingly, one report notes that 1.9 million Adobe users used “123456” as their password.
A good day for the FTC in federal court?
I didn’t get to Newark for oral argument on Wyndham’s motion to dismiss the FTC’s complaint about their data security, but from early media coverage tonight, it sounds like things went pretty well for the FTC. From the quotes provided in coverage by the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg Businessweek, it sounds like Judge Salas…
Anonymous Australia Sends Clear Message to Indonesian Hackers re: #OpAustralia
Over the past week Indonesian hackers have been attacking innocent Australian businesses, education websites and even charity’s in protest to the Australian government, more so ASIO spying on Indonesia. Since then a lot of Australians have voiced how stupid these attacks are and that the people of Australia have done nothing to them at all….
Ca: Error in eHealth fax system results in privacy breach
Jodi Schellenberg reports: Another reporting error has been made — but this one isn’t the Prince Albert Parkland Health Region’s fault. The eHealth Saskatchewan, the Treasury Board Crown Corporation responsible for the implementation of the provincial electronic health record, mistakenly faxed 18 results in the province to a private residence. Out of those results, one…
MN: Auditor says slack procedures contributed to MNsure breach
Jackie Crosby reports: The state’s Office of the Legislative Auditor said Thursday that a data privacy breach at MNsure involving 1,600 Social Security numbers was unintentional, but that slack internal procedures at the new health insurance exchange agency “contributed directly” to the disclosure. In a 22-page report, Legislative Auditor Jim Nobles found “no evidence of…