I just came across a more detailed news report on the VietNam breach I mentioned yesterday. Tuoi Tre reports: In October 2010, [Duong Hong] Le set up the company’s official website at danhsachkhachhang.com, but the site has focused only on offering to sell lists of information on individuals, companies and organizations. The website… contains the…
VA: Spotsylvania school employees’ personal information was available online
There’s been an exposure breach involving Spotsylvania school employees’ personal information. Yesterday, Fredericksburg.com reported: The division began mailing letters to employees about the security breach this afternoon and expects to have all of them mailed by tomorrow morning, schools spokeswoman Rene Daniels said in response to my inquiry. An employee discovered the problem on Dec….
NV: Medical records found near dumpster
Loni Blandford reports about yet another discovery of medical records from a defunct practice or entity just dumped without shredding: From credit cards applications to patient’s name, addresses and even social security numbers. All that information was just sitting next to a dumpster in a parking lot near Buffalo Drive and Washington Avenue. […] There…
Personal information of millions of Vietnamese offered for sale
VietNam reportedly has its first case of prosecuting individuals for selling personal information: Three men in HCM City, including Duong Hong Le, Le Minh Trung and Hua Van Tuan, are accused of illegally collecting phone numbers and personal information of millions of people who are clients at securities and real estate trading companies–to sale, earning…
Former Ochsner Medical Center janitor pleads guilty to stealing patient information
Associated Press has a follow-up to a breach previously mentioned on this blog. A Westwego man who worked as a janitor at a New Orleans hospital and his girlfriend have pleaded guilty to charges they used stolen patient information for their personal gain. Federal prosecutors say 50-year-old Clyde Washington was working for Ochsner Medical Center…
Facebook’s 2012 Hacker Cup, 15 Days To Go
content/images/gallery/random2/facebook-hacker-cup-registration.png Well its that time of the year again, where facebook is holding its 2nd Hacker Cup that is due to start on the 20th, putting computer programmers thru a range of different tasks to see who comes out best. The top 25 will be flown into the facebook campus for final rounds and the 1st…