Emma Woollacott writes: Nearly ten thousand Android applications give third party apps access to private or sensitive information, says a report from SMobile Systems. One in five of the 48,000 apps available grants a third party application access to private or sensitive information that an attacker could use for malicious purposes, such as identity theft,…
Lawsuit filed over Our Lady of Peace breach
Erick Flack of WAVE reports that a lawsuit has been filed over the Our Lady of Peace breach. “The lawsuit accuses the hospital of negligence, invasion of privacy and emotional distress and asks for punitive damages.” Even though the breached information did not include Social Security Numbers, diagnosis, or treatment information, this is one of…
OR: National Guard laptop stolen from car, sensitive personal information at risk
A federal laptop belonging to the Oregon National Guard has been reported stolen from a Guard member’s vehicle, and may contain sensitive personal information concerning military service members. National Guard information technology personnel and Portland Police are investigating the theft. The Guard member was using the computer to conduct work from home. Read more on…
Sony customers notified of security breach
Sony Electronics notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office yesterday of a breach involving customer data at a third party service provider, TeleTech. According to the notification (pdf), TeleTech notified Sony that unauthorized copies of certain customers’ credit card information had been made and e-mailed to an account outside of TeleTech’s network. The total number…
National Gypsum employees’ info on missing DVDs
Add National Gypsum to any list you may be keeping of entities who had data on the two unencrypted DVDs that went missing in the February when Towers Watson’s delivery system seemingly lost the DVDs. The company sent a notification (pdf) to its employees and the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office at the beginning of…
Impulse Monitoring denies responsibility for NVMS breach
As an update on a breach reported earlier this month (here), Pamela Lewis Dolan of amednews.com reports: Meanwhile, Impulse Monitoring, a Columbia, Md., company that provides onsite and Web-based monitoring of neurological systems for patients undergoing spinal and brain-related injuries, is denying any responsibility in a case involving the June 6 dumping of several boxes…