Richard Cuthbertson reports that the Calgary Board of Education has had a second breach this month. I had missed the first one, I think. This latest one happened October 5th after an employee left a laptop containing the report cards of more than 2,000 students in a car. The laptop was stolen. Kindergarten to Grade 9…
Update on Northwest Florida State College breach
I updated the original post for a while, but thought it worth mentioning that the number of fraud reports from NWFSC employees continues to grow. It’s now up to 86, up 26 from a week ago. I hope all employees have flagged or frozen their accounts.
Southern Environmental Law Center hacked
CBS in Birmingham, Alabama reports a breach involving the Southern Environmental Law Center. The station reports that credit card information, medical information and donor information were acquired and dumped on the Internet, although at the time of this posting, I’m not seeing any data dumps. Personal details also reportedly include addresses, phone, numbers, and client…
Akron General fires employees for patient privacy violations in hospital shooting case
Cheryl Powell reports: Akron General Medical Center employees were fired recently for violating hospital and federal privacy rules involving the fatal shooting of a patient in the intensive-care unit. John H. Wise, 66, is accused of shooting and killing his wife, Barbara, at the hospital Aug. 4. She died the next day. Hospital spokesman Jim…
UK: Greater Manchester Police force pays £120,000 penalty following data breach last year
From the Information Commissioner’s Office: An ICO investigation into a data breach at Greater Manchester Police has concluded with the force being fined for failing to take appropriate measures against the loss of personal data. The action was prompted by the theft of a memory stick containing sensitive personal data from an officer’s home. The…
IL: Plainfield Schools Job Application Website Hacked (updated)
Shannon Antinori reports: Anyone who applied online for a job in District 202 over the last few years got a nasty surprise on Saturday, after a hacker breached security on a website used by the district for employment applications. […] Hernandez said District 202 officials have been in touch with the company that owns the…