Collaborate Disseminate
Kurt Wagner reports: Personal banking information for tens of thousands of Facebook Inc. workers in the U.S. was compromised last month when a thief stole several corporate hard drives from an employee’s car. The hard drives, which were unencrypted, in… Continue reading Thief Stole Payroll Data for Thousands of Facebook Employees
For a long time it has been regarded as one of the security industry’s urban myths, but now law enforcement agencies have confirmed that they are investigating whether thieves have been identifying which cars might be carrying high tech gadgets t… Continue reading Smash-and-grab car thieves use Bluetooth to target cars containing tech gadgets
Long article on the manipulation of GPS in Shanghai. It seems not to be some Chinese military program, but ships who are stealing sand. The Shanghai "crop circles," which somehow spoof each vessel to a different false location, are something new. "I’m still puzzled by this," says Humphreys. "I can’t get it to work out in the math. It’s an… Continue reading GPS Manipulation
Joel Griffin reports: For years, cybersecurity experts have warned about the lengths that criminals will go to in gaining access to the network of their intended victim, including exploiting flaws in an organization’s physical security program to achie… Continue reading Physical and cyber threats collide in data theft incidents at N.J. businesses
Once upon a time, employees spent their days in offices or cubicles, in their own space apart from other employees. Today it’s much different, with employees working in open-plan offices, where large, co-working tables replace closed-off cubicle… Continue reading Security and the Open Office Environment
The press release below the separator on this page describes a statistically unusual incident; an explosion at a building adjacent to a covered entity caused an emergency evacuation in which files and file rooms were left open and unsecured. But then t… Continue reading Main Street Clinical Associates, PA Notifies Patients After Looters Steal PHI
An elaborate fraudster ring stole PII then used DoD and VA benefits portals to steal payments and funds from bank accounts. Continue reading Global Crime Ring Bilks U.S. Military Members, Vets Out of Millions
Noah Feit reports: Patients and volunteers at several Midlands hospitals might have had their personal information exposed online, according to Prisma Health. The problem was discovered after a Prisma Health employee’s login credentials were compromise… Continue reading SC: Prisma Health discloses third patient data breach in two months
CBC reports: The personal health information of 54 minors was stolen this week from a locked cabinet at the Children’s Hospital in Winnipeg, the province’s Shared Health agency said in a Friday news release. The stolen records relate to two… Continue reading Ca: Dozens of patient records stolen from Winnipeg’s Children’s Hospital
1NewsNow reports: The Commerce Commission has obtained a Court order to help protect the confidentiality of sensitive information stored on a computer stolen from one of its external providers. Police are investigating the theft after the Commission wa… Continue reading NZ: Commerce Commission obtains court order to protect ‘sensitive’ information from stolen computer