Nicholas McBride of the Greymouth Star reports: Kiwibank has apologised to all customers affected by a privacy breach at the Greymouth branch. An envelope full of confidential documents was handed to a member of the public when they went into the Post Shop office last month. The individual took it home and opened it, unaware…
Monterey County computer hack exposes information of 145,000 residents
Jim Johnson reports: Personal information from nearly 145,000 Monterey County residents who received social services assistance was potentially exposed to “overseas” computer hackers who tapped into a county computer in March. The hacked computer included names, Social Security numbers and, in some cases, addresses and dates of birth for 144,493 people who received CalFresh, MediCal,…
Doctors' group: Proposed Pennsylvania bill pushes medical privacy boundaries
Richard Gazarik reports: A bill pending in Harrisburg gives law enforcement agencies too much access to confidential medical information on patients and physicians who may be overprescribing opiates and other pain medications, according to the Pennsylvania Medical Society. The Legislature could vote this month on four bills that would establish a statewide monitoring system to…
Latvia: Deniss Calovskis, Wanted by U.S. for Role in Gozi Virus, Freed After Human Rights Court Blocks U.S. Extradition
Juris Kaza reports: Deniss Calovskis, the alleged Latvian hacker whose extradition to the U.S. was blocked by the European Court of Human Rights earlier this year, has been released from a jail in the Latvian capital of Riga. Mr. Calovskis, 28, was named in a U.S. indictment as an accomplice to a Russian citizen already in custody…
Report indicates insider threats leading cause of data breaches in last 12 months
Grant Hatchimonji writes: While threats to data security and privacy are often perceived to come from the outside, all signs point to internal threats being just as dangerous, intentional or not. Forrester recently released its Understand the State of Data Security and Privacy report, which offered insight on the reasons behind data breaches, with internal…
Delay in FTC v. Wyndham
There is a delay in the FTC’s case against Wyndham, due to the government shutdown.