Bob Palmer reports: A privacy breach by a “curious” nurse at Titus Regional Medial Center has resulted in letters to 108 former patients warning of a slight risk of identity theft. Hospital Administrator Ron Davis relayed Tuesday that internal auditing procedures uncovered the misconduct. “The nurse said she was just ‘curious’ and looked at records…
Customer data breach draws federal lawsuit against Nevada-based Zappos, parent company Amazon
Associated Press reports: Online retailers Amazon.com and Zappos.com are being sued in Kentucky by a Texas woman alleging that she and millions of other customers were harmed by the release of personal account information. […] Attorneys for plaintiff Theresa D. Stevens of Beaumont, Texas, are seeking class-action status on behalf of 24 million customers for…
This Week In Palestine hacked and 4000 Accounts leaked by AlienZ
content/images/gallery/random3/alienza.png AlienZ, who has hacked a few things this week and released a bit of data has now gone and hacked a Palestine website and left a message stating they are "We are AlienZ. We are Israel’s cyber army.". This shows that more and more hackers are coming out every day and joining all sides…
Botswana Stock market website hacked by SEPO
content/images/gallery/random3/botswana-stock-market-website-hacked-by-sepo-pastebin-com_.png @anon_4freedom aka SEPO today has hacked two stock market websites, very early today Ghana Stock Exchange Hacked and Data Leaked by was hacked and a dump of data was leaked and now Botswana Stock Market has been hacked as well. The leak contains personal information, accounts and other data. source: https://virtualsepo.blogspot.com/2012/01/botswana-stock-market-website-hacked-by.html
Follow-up: Chartered Institute of Public Relations signs undertaking after membership applications lost on train
As a follow-up to a breach reported previously on this blog, the Chartered Institute of Public Relations has signed an undertaking with the Information Commissioner’s Office. From the undertaking: In May 2011, the Information Commissioner (the “Commissioner”) became aware of an incident involving the loss of up to 30 CIPR membership application forms. A member…
UK: Manpower UK Ltd e-mail gaffe results in undertaking for violating the Data Protection Act
An undertaking has been signed by Manpower UK Ltd following a breach of the Data Protection Act where a spreadsheet containing 400 people’s personal details was accidentally emailed to 60 employees. Although no date is given for the breach, the undertaking indicates: The Information Commissioner (the ‘Commissioner’) was provided with a report indicating that one…