Chris Vanocur that a 2005 bill that centralized computer systems in Utah may have contributed to the March hack that affected 800,000. The centralization reportedly saved the state money, but Chris asks at what cost? The centralization reportedly led to lay-offs and, eventually, other key state computer personnel left as well. ABC 4 News is…
UK: Contract catering firm signs undertaking to improve data protection
Without fanfare, the ICO has published an undertaking signed by Holroyd Howe Independent Ltd in Reading. The gist of the breach is that in response to a request for a copy of an ex-employee’s payslip (requested by the ex-employee), the data processor mailed a document disclosing the relevant month’s payslips for all of the contract catering firm’s…
CA: Hundreds of patient files stolen from local lab
More than 700 patient files were stolen from a local laboratory. The crime was discovered Monday, after someone broke into the office of Physicians Automated Laboratory on 17th Street in downtown Bakersfield over the weekend. According to PAL, 745 patients had their information stolen: including names, addresses, phone numbers, birth dates, and lab work. Read…
AU: Hackers hit Telstra site (updated)
Ben Grubb reports: Telstra has been hit by a “hacking attack” affecting 35,000 customers, just a week after one of its IT staff told a security conference the telco was reviewing how it secured and stored customer information. The hacking attack occurred on the servers of a third party company that runs Telstra BigPond’s GameArena and Games Shop websites, the telco…
U.S. Office of Personnel Management Hacked & Data Leaked By @k0detec
Yet another American government website has been attacked and had a dump of data leaked via pastehtml. The attack which is on Office of Personnel Management (https://www.opm.gov/) has come from @k0detec who recently attacked Glade County Florida Sheriff’s Department. The Office of Personnel Management leak has been posted on pastehtml and contains what appears to be a…
Glade County Florida Sheriff’s Department Hacked & Data Leaked By @k0detec
Glade County Florida Sheriff’s Department has become the latest police department to be attacked by anonymous hackers. As a result of the attack a leak of minor data has found its way to pastehtml. The leak comes from twitter account @k0detec and the data leak contains admin logins for the departments website gladessheriff.org which at time of publishing…