A story in The Argus suggests that the Information Commissioner’s Office is set to slam an NHS trust with a huge fine over a data breach: Confidential information belonging to tens of thousands of patients and staff were at risk of being exposed after computer hard drives were stolen and put up for sale on…
Ca: Make data breach reporting mandatory, consumer group says
Christine Wong reports: Canada’s proposed new law on data breaches is a toothless piece of legislation that amounts to little more than a sugar pill when it comes to protecting consumers’ privacy and personal information, an Ottawa-based watchdog group said Monday. In its report “Data Breaches: Worth Noticing?”, the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) recommends…
#OpFreePalestine continues to hack Israeli sites
Anti-Israeli cyberattacks continue. Although I have not noted all previous attacks on this blog, in Pastebin releases over the past two days, data from a number of Israeli web sites have been dumped: From TopLinks: 56 advertisers’ links with the admin/MD5 password for KRNEWS From Bar-Ilan University Geography and Environment Department: 36 names, e-mail addresses, and…
GA: Tough Questions for staffing agency about discarded documents
Bernard Watson reports on a breach involving Staffing Solutions that they had reported last week. In this case, I think a business may get a bad rep for something that really wasn’t their fault at all. See what you think: “We will keep your information secure.” That is the mantra Shawn Poole has based his…
CA: School Accidentally Throws Out Books and Student Information
Ugh. Dozens of federally-funded books and documents containing families’ personal information were thrown in a dumpster at a elementary school and have been cleared out by school officials. […] There were also boxes filled with personal documents, including applications for free and reduced price meals containing financial information. “Documents that should have been shredded but…
De: Police hacked after top cop rows with daughter
From The Local in Germany: A hacker attack which infiltrated Germany’s federal police computer system using Trojan programs and a system of routes via Russia last summer was due to a row about internet usage between a top cop and his daughter. It resulted in the “Patras” server being closed down – meaning that federal…