Kathie Griffiths reports: A probe was under way last night after highly-confidential medical files and records were found dumped in the grounds of an abandoned nursing home in Bradford. Among the personal information scattered in piles of rubbish at The Knoll at Thackley were care plans, detailed health assessments and poignant photos of residents who…
(update) Texan gets 4 years for restaurant-related fraud
This is a follow-up to a breach previously covered on this blog in December 2010. Associated Press reports: An East Texas man has been sentenced to four years in prison over credit card numbers scammed from a restaurant and the Internet. The U.S. attorney’s office says 26-year-old Christopher Michael of Malakoff pleaded guilty in May…
28000+ more accounts leaked in the name of #FreeTopiary
Recently we have seen a very well known member of lulzsec and anonymous be arrested and now facing charges, from this a new faze of attacks dedicated to Topiarys has started. With a lot of other hackers coming out and standing up for him we are starting to see a lot of information leaked, sites…
WA: Information breach discovered in 4,000 child-support cases
Vanessa Ho reports: The state Department of Social and Health Services said Tuesday it had wrongly disclosed addresses in nearly 4,000 child-support cases. The department said a coding error had caused the mistake, in which medical enrollment forms with the addresses of custodial parents were sent to non-custodial parents. The state considers such information confidential….
Anonymous and TeaMp0isoN join forces for OpCensorThis
Its been announce on Your Anon News that Team p0isoN and Anonymous have joined forces and announced Operation Censor This. In the press release they have stated they are going to use music and itunes to get the word across, with a confirming tweet coming from team poisons account "oh btw we have a artist confirmed for #OpCensorThis hes…
UK: Hack of Lush Cosmetics results in undertaking
Back in January, I noted that Lush Cosmetics had been hacked and customer data acquired and misused. The company reportedly only became aware of the breach after receiving reports from almost 100 customers who had become victims of card fraud. Today, the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office revealed that Lush was required to sign an undertaking…