IKEA Canada confirms data breach involving personal information of approximately 95,000 customers

Chris Fox reports on an insider-wrongdoing breach that sounds like it was detected and stopped fairly quickly, but not before more than 90,000 customers could have had their data accessed. IKEA says that it has notified Canada’s privacy watchdog follow… Continue reading IKEA Canada confirms data breach involving personal information of approximately 95,000 customers

Blue Earth County releases report on insider data breach that began in 2020

It seems like only yesterday that we were pointing to an insider-wrongdoing breach that involved people’s medical information. Oh right, it was. And here’s yet another one. Aaron Stuve reports: Blue Earth County has released information reg… Continue reading Blue Earth County releases report on insider data breach that began in 2020

Law firm says Deaconess doc viewed women’s personal, medical data without cause

John T. Martin reports on a disturbing case of insider-wrongdoing:  A law firm says it has spoken with at least six women who received an apology letter in recent months from Deaconess Health System stating a physician accessed their medical records wi… Continue reading Law firm says Deaconess doc viewed women’s personal, medical data without cause

On-the-Spot Intervention 95% Effective in Reducing Healthcare Employees’ Unauthorized Access to Protected Health Information (PHI)

The following is a press release from Protenus. As a reminder/disclosure: DataBreaches.net compiles data and performs some data analytic services for Protenus’s Breach Barometer each year.  Protenus is pleased to announce a recent study found tha… Continue reading On-the-Spot Intervention 95% Effective in Reducing Healthcare Employees’ Unauthorized Access to Protected Health Information (PHI)

Ph: NBI raids house of ex-Smartmatic employee tagged in ‘data breach’

There is yet another update in the investigation into a security breach involving the Philippine Commission on Elections (Comelec) vendor Smartmatic. As of April 1, Smartmatic had acknowledged a data leak, but said it had dealt with the problem and fir… Continue reading Ph: NBI raids house of ex-Smartmatic employee tagged in ‘data breach’

Montgomery County and Florida Women Convicted of Hacking One’s Former Employer and Attempting to Extort Them

PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Frances Marie Eddings, 68, of Orlando, FL, and Jude Denis, 54, of Wyncote, PA, were convicted after trial in the Allentown Federal Courthouse of accessing a computer syste… Continue reading Montgomery County and Florida Women Convicted of Hacking One’s Former Employer and Attempting to Extort Them