Today an Anonymous hacker who uses the handle @G3NTbl4ck has announced a leak of data from an Australia based Security Firm named SIG. SIG which is short for Security Intelligence Group has its head office based in Western Australia and provides services like risk management to corporations around the world. The hacker announced the breach…
Ca: City of Abbotsford online services hacked, residents’ data at risk
Rochelle Baker reports: The City of Abbotsford is warning residents personal data such as bank account numbers and addresses may have been compromised after software used to run the municipality’s online services was hacked. Read more on the Abbotsford-Mission Times. A notice, linked from the city’s home page, reads: On July 16, 2013, the City…
TX: Hospital billing error exposes private medical information
Joel Eisenbaum reports: Houston Methodist Hospital will take unspecified “corrective action” following a Local 2 investigation. Our report uncovered a billing error that put the private medical information of four people into the hands of a stranger. The compromised private information of those patients included: names, addresses, hospital account numbers, dates of procedures, types of…
Ca: Mounties accused of privacy breach in handing over medical records
The RCMP is accused of violating the privacy of several of its members by handing over their personal medical records in a dispute with a B.C. psychologist. The Mounted Police Professional Association of Canada filed a complaint today asking the federal privacy commissioner to investigate. The association claims the information was disclosed to B.C.’s College…
University of Delaware: 72,000 people affected by hack
6ABC News reports: The University of Delaware says the employee records of 72,000 people, which includes social security numbers, were breached by criminal hacking. In a letter dated Monday, the university officials said it experienced a cyber attack which targeted the personal records of both current and former employees, including student workers. The hack exploited…
Former Boca Raton Regional Hospital employee sentenced to jail for identity theft
Brian Bandell reports the sentencing of two involved in the Boca Raton Regional Hospital breach reported previously on this blog: A former employee of Boca Raton Regional Hospital was sentenced to 18 months in prison for stealing patient records as part of a tax refund fraud scheme. Shalamar Major, of Deerfield Beach, was a scheduler at the hospital….