John Hilvert reports: The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) has advised its 1000+ flood-affected members to take specific steps around the restoration of damaged servers to ensure practices are able to retain vital medical records. RACGG – the safety and quality professional body for GPs – has distributed an IT system flowchart [pdf],…
$99 can buy you a uni’s “full database informations” (updated)
A web site recently discussed by Imperva and Brian Krebs has an updated listing of hacked sites for sale, and in yesterday’s listing, there were a number of U.S. educational institutions: http://www.kent.edu/ Kent State University, A Top Ohio University Full site database Informations unknown $99 http://www.maricopa.edu/ Maricopa Community Colleges Full site database Informations unknown $99 http://www.unc.edu/…
Hackers get access to N.J. school data system
Robert McMillan reports: Users of the 4chan online message board managed to get access to the online student information system used by a New Jersey school district after the school’s administrative password was posted to 4chan last week. The problem started last Tuesday, according to the Plainfield Board of Education, which serves a small school…
Grays Harbor Pediatrics notifies patients after backup device stolen from employee's car
Great thanks to Grays Harbor Pediatrics for getting back to me with answers to some questions I sent them about their substitute notice concerning a stolen backup device. According to their emailed statement to this site, the backup device was stolen from the employee’s car. In response to my question as to whether the data…
Wentworth IT: Students' Personal and Medical Info Posted Online
Team 5 Investigates has learned that the personal information of as many as 1,300 current and former students at the Wentworth Institute of Technology was inadvertently put online. School officials notified all affected students of the data breach, which was reported to WIT on Dec. 22. The letter said that an “electronic file was accessible…
MA: Students’ Personal Data Posted Online
Team 5 Investigates has learned that the personal information of as many as 1,300 current and former students at the Wentworth Institute of Technology was inadvertently put online. School officials notified all affected students of the data breach, which was reported to WIT on Dec. 22. The letter said that an “electronic file was accessible…