ABC (AU) reports an update on a situation previously mentioned on this blog where simple url manipulation exposed information: A superannuation company that allowed the private details of its customers to be leaked online has been found to have breached the Privacy Act. In September last year, a flaw was discovered in First State Super’s computer systems,…
TN: Personal Records Found in Dumpster
Some breaches make me want to curse. This news report out of Sevierville, Sevier County in Tennessee makes me want to yell, “When the hell are businesses going to start getting fined for just dumping unshredded files with PII?” … Kim Pierce runs a video store in Sevierville and was shocked at what she found…
Ca: Government kiosks pulled from service
Kim Zarzour reports: ServiceOntario kiosks at Vaughan Mills and Promenade Mall were two of the four locations where a security breach prompted the government to shut down all 72 of the electronic booths across Ontario this week. The automated self-service kiosks at the two York Region sites, along with booths at Albion Centre in Etobicoke…
Potential class action targets Emory Healthcare over patient data breach
Emory Healthcare is the target of a potential class action suit seeking unspecified damages over the loss of 10 computer disks containing the personal and health information of hundreds of thousands of patients treated between 1999 and 2007. The suit seeks money damages and financial record monitoring for a class it estimates as including as…
Debt collection firm exposed patient data on P2P network – FTC
An FTC action over P2P file-sharing involves a debt collection firm for hospitals where the P2P issue allowed patient data to be exposed: The FTC has charged two businesses [complaint 1 | complaint 2] with illegally exposing the sensitive personal information of thousands of consumers by allowing peer to peer file-sharing software to be installed on their…
AU: Patient records in the gutter
John Corlett reports: Queensland Health is investigating how a number of highly sensitive medical documents were left lying in a Rockhampton street on Thursday evening. The Morning Bulletin became aware of the security breach after a Rockhampton resident contacted the paper with concerns the documents had not been recovered. The resident, who did not wish…