We had been told a big fine was coming, but now it’s here. PublicService.co.uk reports: Scottish Borders Council has been hit with a major fine after pension records, bank details and salary information on hundreds of employees were dumped in recycle bins, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has confirmed. The watchdog, which can fine up…
Patient privacy violated dozens of times at rural clinic
CBC reports another breach involving employees of Eastern Health Authority: Eastern Health revealed Monday that the private health information of as many as 46 patients may have been breached at an unnamed rural clinic. “One employee has been terminated as a result of the investigation while the other resigned,” Eastern Health said in a statement….
h4x0r HuSsY vs INDISHELL hacker for on going cyber war
A hacker who is apart of the Pakistani group Voice Of black Hat Hackers (VOBHH) has contacted us with an attack that has been carried out against one of the INDISHELL members personal website which is https://devils-arena.com/ and claimed owner is Silent hacker, who which we have covered many past attacks on, The Site was defaced and archived instantly then the server…
Hacker suspected of stealing scores of court documents claims no hacking required to access files
Eli Senyor and Maor Buchnik report: The police have arrested Moshe Halevi, 40, from Acre, for allegedly hacking into one of the Israeli courts’ databases and accessing thousands of case files, some of which contain classified information. Two additional suspects were arrested as well. One of the suspects, Attorney Boaz Guttman, is a former high-ranking…
The Apple UDIDs were stolen from us – BlueToad
Kerry Sanders and Bob Sullivan report that Florida publishing firm BlueToad has stated that the database of Apple UDID’s stolen by AntiSec came from its servers. According to Sullivan: Blue Toad is a little-known privately held company, but its technology touches millions of users around the world. It provides private-label digital edition and app-building services…
AU: Schools clueless about IT security, reveals study
Byron Connolly reports: Almost one in two Australian secondary and tertiary schools do not have an IT security awareness program in place and alarmingly, 53 per cent didn’t know what information was taken during a data breach, according to a study commissioned by Symantec.cloud. The study asked around 500 teachers and administration staff at 168…