Microsoft issue a thorough response to allegations its Xbox LIVE service had been breached. Microsoft responded to the story on Tuesday and issued the following statement: Xbox LIVE has not been hacked. Microsoft can confirm that there has been no breach to the security of our Xbox LIVE service. In this case, a number of…
Kansas Hospital Alerts Patients to Online Security Breach
Officials at Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Lawrence, Kan., said they are anticipating a federal investigation and possible fine after an online security breach potentially compromised 8,000 patients’ financial information. The* Lawrence Journal World* reported that the hospital mailed letters alerting patients to the problem. The breach apparently occurred Sept. 20 when a company that hosts the hospital’s…
Personal info from more than 500 patients on Web
Associated Press reports that a patient in Alaska conducting a Google search discovered that patient records were exposed on the web and notified the police. Dr. Paul Beane, a chiropractor at the Sitka Wellness Center, told the [Daily Sitka] Sentinel an “electronic medical record software vendor” he used for about 9 months in 2008 had…
Two potential class action lawsuits filed against Sutter Health (updated)
It was only a matter of time, right? Darrell Smith reports: Sutter Health is being sued for negligence and other allegations in the mid-October theft of a computer from Sutter Medical Foundation headquarters that held information on more than 4 million of its patients. The class-action suit, filed Monday on behalf of plaintiff Karen Pardieck…
NJ: Four charged with stealing identities; two were DMV employees
Two state motor vehicle clerks and two businessmen from Burlington County have been charged with stealing identities from government records and selling them for as little as $200. Mercer County Prosecutor Joseph L. Bocchini, Jr. announced the arrests yesterday, saying the busts were the result of seven-month investigation at two New Jersey Motor Vehicles Commission…
Bunch of defaced sites by @FailRooT
content/images/gallery/ryan-cleary/25-ryansbedroom.jpg @FailRooT has been on a defacing streak today which will most likely leave many administrators wondering why… And the answer to that would be do something about yur security problems before this happens and this wont happen. The sites that have been defaced so far within the last hour or so are. https://www.avivamientohoy.org/ https://www.copaamericabrasil2015.com/…