One of the worlds largest Hardware companies MSI has been breached in its official Taiwan server by well known hacker group Turkish Ajan Hacker Group. The attack was announced just a very short time ago from twitter by the official Turkish Ajan Hacker group twitter account @TurkishAjan which had posted a leak of information and a link to a few very…
Reporting Fail: The Reidentification of Personal Genome Project Participants
The issue of how easy – or difficult – it might be to re-identify “de-identified” data is crucial to discussions of using PHI in research. Jane Yakowitz writes: Last week, a Forbes article by Adam Tanner announced that a research team led by Latanya Sweeney had re-identified “more than 40% of a sample of anonymous participants” in…
Insurer Sues To Duck $1M Patient Data Breach Settlement
Dan Packel reports that once again, an insurance company is suing for judgement that it is not liable for covering its insured over a data breach: Peerless Insurance Co. filed suit in Pennsylvania federal court Thursday to get out of covering losses for a company that mishandled patient medical records when relocating a clinic acquired…
Official French Defense Subdomain hacked and defaced
The official French ministry of defense website has come under attack and as a result one of its sub domains has been left defaced. The attack comes from @HBVirus1 who first announced the defacement about 12 hrs ago on twitter. > Ministère de la Défense rcp1.terre.defense.gouv.fr #Hacked #Defaced @youranonnews @eduardkovacs @ehackernews @hackread @thehackersnews — HBVirus1…
Even if you terminate access, disgruntled ex-employees may still find a way to hurt you
A criminal complaint was unsealed today in federal court in the Eastern District of New York charging Michael Meneses with hacking into the computer network of a company that manufactures high-voltage power supplies, causing the company over $90,000 in damage. Meneses was arrested earlier today in Smithtown, Long Island, and his initial appearance is scheduled…
University of Rochester Medical Center notifies patients of misplaced USB drive
The University of Rochester Medical Center has sent letters to a group of former orthopaedic patients, alerting them to the loss of protected health information. Earlier this week, URMC notified 537 patients that a resident physician misplaced a USB computer flash drive that carried protected health information. The flash drive was used to transport information…