Canadians seem to be getting the hang of this litigation thing. Chris Hofley reports: A group of patients whose personal information was lost is suing Montfort Hospital in Ottawa for $40 million. The suit stems from a lost USB memory stick that contained information on 25,000 patients. The stick was lost in November 2012 before…
Pennsylvania on data breach – shoot first, ask questions later
Blaine Kimrey of Lathrop & Gage LLP has a commentary on a breach notification law that passed the PA Senate. As noted previously on this blog, the bill extends existing data breach notification responsibilities to state agencies, but also requires notification of those affected within seven days. Kimrey writes: After a series of embarrassing governmental…
US Charges Eight in $45 Million Cybercrime Scheme
This will be one for the books… and Hollywoood spinoffs. Jessica Dye and Jim Finkle of Reuters report: The government charged eight people with using data obtained by hacking into two credit card processors in a worldwide scheme that netted some $45 million within hours, a crime prosecutors described as one of the biggest bank…
Washington state Administrative Office of the Courts hack due to unpatched ColdFusion vulnerability
Rachel La Corte has more on the hack reported earlier today on this blog: The breach happened due to vulnerability in an Adobe Systems Inc. software program, ColdFusion, that has since been patched, court officials said. The hack happened sometime after September but wasn’t caught until February, they said. […] Mike Keeling, the courts’ information…
160,000 Social Security numbers and 1 million driver license numbers exposed in hack of WA Administrative Office of the Courts
Rachel La Corte reports: The Washington state Administrative Office of the Courts was hacked in February, and up to 160,000 Social Security numbers and 1 million driver license numbers may have been accessed during the data breach of its public website. Officials with the courts announced Thursday that so far, it has been confirmed that…
Alberta Privacy Commissioner says Child First Act threatens privacy
Karen Kleiss reports: Alberta’s proposed Children First Act will erode privacy rights and undermine Albertans’ control over their own health and personal information, privacy commissioner Jill Clayton says. Alberta’s Information and Privacy Commissioner criticized the sweeping new law Wednesday, saying the government hasn’t done enough to make sure those subject to the act — mainly…