Michael Hiltzik writes: Of all the personal information that you might want to keep private, your medical records are the most important. That’s why federal and state laws carry stiff penalties, up to and including jail time, for healthcare providers who let such data loose into the wild. So you should be aghast at how…
NY: Bronx cops in file flub
Kirstan Conley reports: Bronx cops disposed of dozens of sensitive files by tossing them in the garbage outside the 40th Precinct station house, where they were fair game for local Dumpster divers. The files — including at least one domestic-violence report, stolen property records, criminal complaints and mug shots — were found yesterday by a…
Making political hay of the CSLEA hack?
And so the political fallout and fingerpointing begins? Suzanne Phan of News10 in California reports that the Peace Officers of California (POC) are demanding a full legislative investigation of the California State Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) hack by members of Anonymous/AntiSec. Phan identifies POC as a “rival subset” of CSLEA. Jim Sanders elaborates in The…
Bank employee admits sharing Hildebrand private data
Ellen Wallace reports: A computer system employee of Bank Sarasin turned himself into police 1 January, it was revealed late Tuesday, after sharing documents linked to currency transactions made by the family of Philipp Hildebrand, chairman of the Swiss National Bank. Swiss data protection and privacy laws make it illegal to share such information. The…
Pointer: Correction to an Earlier Post on Durham Region Health.
On December 21, I linked to a newsletter discussing class certification of a lawsuit against Durham Region Health. Today, I received a polite comment from their counsel pointing out that the statements in the newsletter I had linked to were factually inaccurate. As a result, I have edited and corrected that blog entry, but wanted…
Some members of Anonymous go after neo-Nazi organizations and sites (update1)
OK, first I noticed a paste on Pastebin.htm on December 30 by a “guest” that simply listed domain names: www.deutsche-stimme.de www.ds-versand.de altermedia-deutschland.info flutopfer.npd-sachsen.de gfp-netz.de naweko.de nein-zum-euro.de npd-bremen.de npd-sachsen.de stehar.com tinten-sachse.de www.frank-franz.de www.holger-apfel.de www.naweko.de www.nno-tv.de www.npd-dresden.de www.npd-fraktion-burgenlandkreis.de www.npd-fraktion-sachsen.de www.npd-kronach.de www.npd-leipzig.net www.npd-nol.de www.npd-sachsen.de www.npd-weissenfels.de NPD is the extreme right-wing party in Germany, so the paste caught my…