@Zer0Pwn has been slowly making a name for themselves and the most recent attack is surely going to put them on the map and in sights of many others. Zer0Pwn has made claim that they have hacked Comcast and leaked information. in the leak they explain that they do have access to critical personal information such as…
@Hex00010 turns tables and makes threats to start releasing SCADA Exploits
SCADA Ftp login @Hex00010 recently released a full list of scada system details along side a article that explians that they are not closed circut as many expected and that they do indeed have exploits. Well this morning it would seem @Hex00010 is a bit angry at the obama government for what they are doing, Hex…
Update: Laptop holding PERA data stolen from auditor’s pickup at hotel lot
We should have known or at least guessed. Trip Jennings provides additional background on the Public Employees Retirement Association of New Mexico breach reported previously on this blog. Parked at a Clovis Comfort Inn & Suites, the 2008 white Ford F350 pickup must have seemed an inviting target. Inside the truck’s cab were two laptop…
France: donor anonymity holds firm in court case
James Brooks reports: A French court has effectively reaffirmed the country’s policy of gamete donor anonymity by rejecting a donor-conceived woman’s demand for information on her biological father. The woman requested that a message be passed on to the man asking whether he would accept to be identified. She was also seeking disclosure of non-identifying information – medical…
Patient Privacy or Scientific Advances: Do They Have to Be Mutually Exclusive?
Alex Philippidis writes about recent trends in addressing privacy concerns in genomic studies. He writes, in part: Dr. McGuire led a research team that published results in Genetics in Medicine last year from their study of consent given to researchers by 323 adults recruited into one of six genome studies at BCM. The adults were randomly assigned…
Belfast Trust fined £225,000 after leaving thousands of patient records in disused hospital
Another big fine from the ICO: Belfast Health and Social Care (BHSC) Trust has been served with a Civil Monetary Penalty (CMP) of £225,000 following a serious breach of the Data Protection Act (DPA), the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said today. The breach involved the sensitive personal data of thousands of patients and staff, and included medical…