Anonymous has released a statement to Nimbuzz, a Global dutch company who supports censorship. In the PR they have stated they have complete access to the Nimbuzz network, The reason behind this is that Anonymous states they, Nimbuzz, Stand against everything that #antisec stands for, Fazing out Internet censorship. The PR starts off with: AntiBUZZ:…
AL: Patient data stolen from Troy Regional Medical Center used in tax refund fraud scheme
A press release dated July 6 – admirably prominently posted from the medical center’s home page – says: TROY, Ala. (July 6, 2011) – Troy Regional Medical Center (TRMC) has notified certain patients of a data theft incident involving unauthorized access and removal of some of their personal information. TRMC is conducting a comprehensive investigation into…
Out of sight, but not out of court
I’ve been busy recently, backfilling DataLossDB.org. I’m currently working on 2007 (because who wants to tackle 2008 until we have to, right?). In the process, I’ve been reminded of some breaches that most of us probably never paid much attention to or followed up on. As a case in point, consider this entry in my…
Connexion Hack Team dumps military and government email addresses and passwords as well as a California government site’s table of donors
16,959 e-mail accounts have been dumped to MediaFire recently, ZeroPaid has learned. The 1.18MB text file was uploaded by Connexion Hack Team. The file contains government and military e-mail accounts and passwords. ZeroPaid has also learned that many popular e-mail providers are also seen in the list of accounts compromised. Read more on ZeroPaid, who provide a…
Or we’ll huff and we’ll puff and we’ll blow your house down? Businesses must open their doors to audits, says ICO
Businesses should be more willing to undergo data protection audits, the Information Commissioner, Christopher Graham, said today. The warning comes as figures published in the ICO’s annual report show that private companies reported the most data security breaches of any sector in 2010/11. A data security breach is an incident that results in the loss,…
Papers left on train result in undertaking for U.K. barrister
Another undertaking in the U.K. quietly posted to the ICO’s web site without fanfare, relates to the loss of documents by a barrister, Raisa Saley. The facts of the case, as summarized in the undertaking: The Information Commissioner (the ‘Commissioner’) was informed by the data controller that she had lost a bundle of court papers…