Joe Gould reports: In the wake of the biggest dump of classified information in the history of the Army, the brass is searching for ways to watch what every soldier is doing on his or her Army computer. The Army wants to look at keystrokes, downloads and Web searches on computers that soldiers use. […]…
TeamPoison still active, attacks governments and corporations
TeamPoison has been busy, it seems, despite the arrest of one of their members. In a tweet on May 3, the group announced they had hacked the government of Australia: Australian Goverment Owned by TeaMp0isoN : Listen to your citizens : pastebay.net/818484 #TeaMp0isoN — TeaMp0isoN (@TeaMp0isoN__) May 3, 2012 In a statement preceding the data, the…
Ca: First report issued on breach of new health info act
CBC News reports: Newfoundland and Labrador’s privacy commissioner says a registered massage therapist breached the Personal Health Information Act by failing to properly safeguard a patient’s file. Commissioner Ed Ring says the therapist lost a file containing the personal health information of the complainant, a patient. The commissioner recommended that the massage therapist, and other…
Security breach: Twice victimized
Eleanor Sundwall has a well-written commentary about the Utah Dept. of Health breach that I hope people read as she articulates how entities respond to a breach may leave the victims of a breach feeling even more victimized. You can read her commentary on the Salt Lake Tribune. Eleanor’s story raises another issue, however. She…
Ie: Security fears for prison staff after details found in cell
Occasionally I’ve noted breaches that leave people concerned for their physical safety. A breach involving Islington Council reported at the end of last month falls into that group, as did an earlier breach involving the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia. Now Cormac O’Keeffe reports on one from Ireland: Prison officers held an emergency meeting with…
Suit hits Pentagon over huge 2011 data breach
Bryan Bender has a piece in The Boston Globe about the TRICARE/SAIC breach last December. The story doesn’t shed any new light on the breach, and I am still waiting for Rep. Ed Markey to release the response he got from TRICARE to a letter he had sent them (his staff assures me he will…