Emily Jackson reports that the B.C. Lottery Corp. is relaunch its online gambling website, PlayNow. com. A security breach during its debut last month had compromised personal information of 134 players and exposed 12 players’ information to other users. The breach apparently cost them a lot compared to any delay they might have incurred in…
Nl: TV show leaks data
Karin Spaink translates another breach: Breekijzer is a by now defunct tv show to which people could send their complaints about companies, institutes and government bodies; the program would select some of these complaints and attempt to help the complainers. All (or most) of the complaints that Breekijzer received are stored in an online database;…
Nebraska AG agrees to permanent injunction of state abortion law
Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning announced Wednesday that he has agreed to a permanent injunction of a Nebraska abortion law [LB 594 materials] because he believes there is little chance that the law will withstand a court challenge. The law, known as the Women’s Health Protection Act, would have required physicians to evaluate patients to…
UConn notifies 10,174 applicants of laptop theft
The University of Connecticut issued the following statement on its web site: University officials are investigating the theft of a laptop computer from UConn’s West Hartford campus that contains the names and social security numbers of 10,174 applicants, many of whom were selected for consideration to attend the regional campus. The theft of the computer,…
Ca: Medical records found in vacant office
Laura Tester reports on yet another breach involving paper records, this one in Canada: A Red Deer physician violated a provincial law after 10 large boxes of patient records were left behind during an office move, says a report released by the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner on Wednesday. Provincial investigator Brian Hamilton…
Heartland Self-Inflicts More Data Breach Injuries
Evan Schuman writes: Heartland Payment Systems again finds itself in the glaring light of a data breach probe, but this time, the injuries are almost entirely self-inflicted. The incident in question is the Austin, Texas, data breach of several hundred payment cards from a 4-location Greek cafeteria—which one Austin detective said crafts a terrific baklava—that…