Jonah Hanneke Nelson was sentenced Thursday to 58 months in prison following a plea agreement to resolve ID theft and bank fraud charges mentioned previously on this site. As noted last year, when aw enforcement executed a search warrant on his home, they found the names and account numbers of 550 Wells Fargo bank customers. …
Scottish ministers told to “get a grip” on data security
Ben Borland of the Express reports on previously undisclosed breaches involving PII and/or PHI, but I note that BBC provides slightly different coverage. I’ve indicated the BBC’s statements in italics, below. More than 200 electronic items were stolen or lost in the first six months of the year, including PCs, laptops, phones and Blackberries. The…
NV: School District updates its records disposal procedure
Kudos to Tom Considine of “Who Complys” for increasing local awareness of the need for proper disposal of the student and employee records. Stephanie Carroll reports: The Churchill County School District announced Thursday the purchase of an industrial shredder to update their student record disposal procedures after accusations of illegal disposal. “I think our procedure…
NZ: University warns students on hacking
Jared Savage reports: University students have been warned to watch out for anyone trying to steal their identity after a computer server holding personal information was hacked. An email sent this week by Stephen Whiteside, at the University of Auckland, said unauthorised parties had accessed a single server holding information such as name, date of…
Network security challenges faced by universities
H. Peter Felgentreff, President & CEO of NCP Engineering, discusses challenges faced by universities in balancing a secure and open network and makes some suggestions in this article on Help Net Security.
MN: Court Sides With State in Baby Blood Storage Case
Jeff D. Gorman reports: Minnesota did not violate families’ privacy rights by collecting and storing children’s blood samples, the state Court of Appeals ruled. Alan and Keri Bearder and the parents of 23 other children sued the state and its Department of Health for allegedly collecting blood samples from their infants to test for genetic disorders, and…