Julie Steigerwald reports for KOLD in Tucson: University Medical Center says three employees and one contracted nurse have been fired for inappropriately accessing confidential electronic medical records in violation of UMC policy. This comes in the wake of several high-profile patients receiving treatment at UMC following the shooting at Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords’ congressional event Saturday,…
Hacked iTunes accounts taken off China e-commerce site
Michael Kan reports the latest on a situation previously covered on this blog. The sale of hacked iTunes accounts in China has been dealt a blow as the Chinese online retailer Taobao.com has decided to remove all product listings relating to the sale of the stolen accounts. Taobao, China’s largest online retailer with 370 million…
Securing data will be costly, UH says
Gene Park reports: The University of Hawaii says it needs $1.9 million to tighten its Web security and lessen the chance of future data breaches of individual privacy. In addition, the 10-campus system would need about $764,000 a year to maintain and operate the upgraded system, said David Lassner, the university’s vice president for information…
Security lapses at Statistics Canada
Kathleen Harris reports that a freedom of information request revealed a number of data security breaches involving Statistics Canada: There have been several cases of government-issued laptops containing confidential personal information stolen from employees’ homes or vehicles. In at least two incidents, field interviewers had left a sticky note with the password with the portable…
(follow-up) UMS beefs up data security after breach
Judy Harrison of Bangor Daily News reports that following a breach last summer at the University of Maine, the uni is investing $2.6 million to upgrade security. Trustees were briefed Monday on a proposal to improve the security of data. A recent data scan systemwide showed four areas of high risk and three of medium…
Springs man sent to prison for hacking into TSA computer
Another case of a disgruntled terminated employee seeking revenge. Douglas James Duchak was sentenced to prison for injecting malicious code into a TSA computer after he was terrminated. No personal data compromised, but the potential was there. You can read about the case on The Gazette.