I can picture a lot of lawyers breathing a sigh of relief over this one. Robyn Sterling writes: A federal district court dismissed an action against an employer alleging vicarious liability for an employee’s dissemination of a patient’s protected health information (PHI) related to treatment for a sexually transmitted disease (STD). Specifically, the court found…
AU: Defence under investigation after privacy breach
Hayden Cooper reports on a horrific breach: The Australian Defence Force is under investigation for a privacy breach that exposed the most personal details of scores of serving soldiers. The bungle at Townsville’s Lavarack Barracks posted medical information, discipline records and psychology reports online for all to see. One former soldier has told ABC’s 7.30…
UK: Security breach at Castle Huntly prison as confidential files go missing after being binned by wardens
David Taylor reports: Files containing the personal information of prisoners, including Tommy Sheridan, are missing.. after being put in the bin by mistake. Staff at Castle Huntly jail threw out confidential paperwork weeks ago but forgot to shred it. When they went back to do it, the files had mysteriously disappeared. The missing information included…
Automotive Giant Subaru, Suzuki, FORD, Toyota Ssangyong Hacked and Defaced
content/images/gallery/random3/q8-spy.png One of the worlds largest car maker Subaru Also one of the oldest car makers FORD and also a smaller car maker Ssangyong and various other dealer sites have been hacked by a hacker using the handle Q8 Spy. The hacks have left 1 Subaru sites, 2 Ssangyong sites 1 Kawasaki site , 1 ford site , 1 Suzuki site,…
225 sites hacked by @SiberAjan
content/images/gallery/random3/hacked-by-siberajan.png @SiberAjan has added 225 sites to the weeks mass defacements that we have seen already. Its unknown why they have attacked these sites but still shows the amount of exploitable websites and servers across the interwebs. At time of publishing alot of the sites had been fixed but below is the full list. https://NATURALPROTEINSUPPLEMENT.COM//s.php…
800 sites hacked and defaced by Pak Cyber Pyrtes for #opFreedomPalestine
content/images/gallery/random3/hacked-by-pak-cyber-pyrates-cyb3r0ck3r-no-swear-xxx_death_xxx-d3v-l-3y3-m-khan-pcp-gujjar-haxor.png Over the months there has been many operations dubbed with "free palestine" in many different ways from many different hackers, groups and teams. One of the most recent attacks totals 800 sites that have been hacked and defaced. The hacker responsible for these attacks is part of Pak Cyber Pyrtes or PCP and go by…