The Associated Press reports: One of three University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics workers being fired for allegedly breaching the medical records of injured football players is a 26-year employee who says she did nothing wrong, a union president said Monday. The woman has a spotless disciplinary record during her employment at UIHC and has…
Anonymous Hacks into Security Firm’s Network and Steals Confidential Data
Another hactivist incident. Lucian Constantin reports: Members of the Anonymous collective have broken into the network of a security firm and exposed its internal communications, after it claimed to know the identity of the group’s founders. Last week, Aaron Barr, the head of an information security firm called HBGary Federal, told the Financial Times that…
Follow-up to RBS Breach: Russian hacker admits guilt in $10 million cyber theft x
Reuters reports: A Russian man has pleaded guilty in court to stealing $10 million from former Royal Bank of Scotland division World Pay in 2008 by hacking into accounts, RIA News reported on Monday. Investigators said 27-year-old Yevgeny Anikin was a member of an international hacking ring that copied client account information and boosted the…
'Gehrig bill' would free Yankee star's medical data for ALS-concussion probe
I’ve blogged a number of times about the privacy rights of the dead and efforts to limit such rights, including on the federal level. Here’s another news story about one very specific bill being proposed in Minnesota: David Brauer reports: State Rep. Phyllis Kahn makes no bones about it: She wants the Mayo Clinic to…
Thousands of Medi-Cal records of San Franciscans breached
Brent Begin reports: About 2,400 Medi-Cal recipients in San Francisco had their names, Social Security numbers and other identifying information breached as part of an employee dispute at Human Services Agency of San Francisco, officials said. A former city employee, considering legal action against The City after being fired from the agency that disperses welfare…
Thousands of Medi-Cal records of San Franciscans breached
Brent Begin reports: About 2,400 Medi-Cal recipients in San Francisco had their names, Social Security numbers and other identifying information breached as part of an employee dispute at Human Services Agency of San Francisco, officials said. A former city employee, considering legal action against The City after being fired from the agency that disperses welfare…