Martin Beckford reports: At least 216 letters have been posted with security codes for door entry and key safe boxes printed on the front of the envelopes. The confidential information is used by carers and nurses to gain entry to immobile patients’ homes. But it was wrongly added to records on the Personal Demographic Service, part…
Data leak from Nutella
Nutella, one of the worlds largest chocolate spread suppliers has been hacked, now this is only a basic hack, and veyr basic information but still continues to show that these companies let in-security happen on there site. The leak is results from a Havij report…yeah i know its a "skid tools", but either way its…
IG: Contractor Improperly Accessed VA IT
Eric Chabrow reports: The Department of Veterans Affairs’ inspector general substantiated allegations left on a departmental hotline last summer that IT contractors without appropriate security clearances improperly gained access to the VA’s electronic health record system. Belinda Finn, assistant inspector general for audits and evaluations, wrote in an audit dated July 27, that contractor personnel improperly shared user accounts…
IE: Tallaght Hospital admits data breach
Tallaght Hospital in Dublin has now admitted that patient medical records have been the subject of unauthorised access and disclosure. In a letter to hospital consultants on outsourcing the transcription of patient medical reports and letters for GPs, the hospital has also conceded that while it was the policy not to identify patients, this policy…
Korean national ID numbers spring up all over Chinese Web
Robert Lee reports: The number of leaked Korean social security numbers available online is likely to skyrocket as a massive social network hacking attack left more than three quarters of the nation exposed. A quick search using the keywords, “Korean social security numbers,” on Baidu, a Chinese Internet search engine, showed about 1.39 million results….
Italian Police release contains some worrying emails
Recently we have seen the Italian police suffer a big leak with lots of data being dumped on a range of download sites. the leaks come in the name of Anti Security, they come from the Italian police and have so far contained a bit of information.The most recent release, which has now had over…