Project Inform, an HIV and hepatitis advocacy and education group has published recommendations drafted by a diverse group of advocates and public health professionals guiding the use of laboratory data collected by public health surveillance agencies to link and retain people with HIV in health care. These recommendations were developed at a Think Tank held by Project Inform November…
Westpac tight-lipped over privacy breach
Jimmy Ellingham reports: Westpac is refusing to say if it has told customers affected by a privacy breach that details of their term deposits have been either handed over or taken from one of its Palmerston North branches. Regardless of how the breach happened, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner says it is often a…
Anonymous claim to leak data from propaganda site Uriminzokkiri.com for #OpNorthKorea
Anonymous hacktivist have announced an leak of data that comes from a very well known Propaganda website known as Uriminzokkiri (https://uriminzokkiri.com). The website, which is hosted in china has become the target of hackers in the past with social media accounts being hacked in 2011 and now anonymous hacktivists have made a claim that they have breached the system…
Palestine Ministry of Foreign Affairs Breached, Confidential Documents Leaked
Earlier today i was tipped off to a leak of documents that has come from the Palestine government who has apparently been breached by anonymous hackers as part of a upcoming big release. The document leak appears to of been announced over at [Cyber Guerrilla](https://www.cyberguerrilla.org) and was posted in the earlier hours of today as a teaser release from a…
OrthoCare Medical Equipment notifies 93 patients of breach
Have I ever mentioned that I’m old, and I forget things? Thanks to Healthcare IT News for reminding me that I should have mentioned a recent breach involving OrthoCare Medical Equipment, LLC. I had posted it to DataLossDB.org, but forgot to post it here. On February 14, OrthoCare learned that a binder with 93 patients’ information…
19 Derbyshire police workers caught abusing force files
Nineteen members of staff at Derbyshire police have breached data protection rules in the last three years by accessing information they were not allowed to see. One officer searched the force database to find information logged about his relationship with an illegal immigrant. He resigned before misconduct proceedings could take place Read more from the…