Thursday, May 1, 2008

California Court Publishes Personal Identifiable Information California court posting SSNs and other personal data, privacy advocates charge. A court in California's Riverside County is openly posting sensitive personal data on its Web site, according to privacy watchdogs. But the court's IT director compared searching for that information to "finding a needle in a haystack."[Latest from Computerworld] 9:04:40 PM    comment []

Sunday, April 27, 2008

Recent Web Site Attacks Microsoft: Massive site attacks not our fault. Microsoft late Friday responded to news reports that hackers have leveraged weaknesses in the company's Web and SQL software to attack hundreds of thousands of Web pages. [Latest from Computerworld] Bill Sisk, Communication Manager at Microsoft Security Response Center, said the post was in response to reports that over half a million pages, including some belonging to the United Nations, have been compromised by SQL injection attacks. Once hacked, those sites were modified to download malware to visitors' PCs. Is it my reading, or has security become worse recently--Not much place to be secure any more. 4:07:24 PM    comment []

Thursday, April 10, 2008

Gladwell at RSA 2008 Malcolm Gladwell tells security folks: Don't think too much. Author of Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking, warns security professionals at RSA 2008 not to let too much data cloud their judgment. [CNET News.com] Al Gore is speaking on Friday. 9:56:47 PM    comment []

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Canadian Privacy Blog The Privacy Commissioner of Canada has a blog. This is an "official" blog covering issues of privacy issues and legislation in Canada. Their welcome note includes: ...With this tool, we hope to make the activities of the Office of the Privacy Commissioner more accessible to Canadians and to increase contact between the Office and Canadians interested about privacy issues and legislation. As an Officer of Parliament, the Privacy Commissioner has a mandate to protect the privacy rights of individuals and promote the privacy protections available to Canadians. Interestingly, any complaints tp the Privacy Commissioner need to made in writing and send by mail, not via email. 12:23:19 PM    comment []

Saturday, December 8, 2007

Social Security Numbers Part of Minnesota Laptop Theft Stolen laptop had IDs on 268,000 Minnesota blood donors. Following a laptop theft, Memorial Blood Centers in Minnesota is notifying 268,000 blood donors that their Social Security numbers may have been stolen. [Computerworld Breaking News] Not the government's loss but a similar large-scale notification required. Have people consider not using social security numbers in so many different ways? Recently I bought a used book that contained someone else's insurance paper with a social security number on it. I shredded it earlier today, but this paper has been handled by at least a used book dealer before me. Maybe several other people had it before that. A social security number should not have been on it. 10:45:09 PM    comment []

Sunday, December 2, 2007

State of Massachusetts has a Senior's Rx Plan Data Breach Data theft touches 150,000 Massachusetts seniors. Senior citizens who participate in a Massachusetts insurance program have received word that their personal information may have fallen into the hands of an identity thief. The state of Massachusetts is warning 150,000 members of its Prescription Advantage insurance program that their personal information may have been snatched by an identity thief. [Computerworld Breaking News] They provide few details of this breach's nature or exactly whose information "might have been" involved and how. 5:59:47 PM    comment []

Friday, November 16, 2007

Laptop Losses again at VA Deja vu all over again at Veterans Administration. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is once again attempting to explain a data breach. This time, two desktops and a laptop containing data on as many as 12,000 service members have gone AWOL. On Veterans' Day, no less. [Computerworld Breaking News] I am late posting this but laptop loss provides a continuing stream of government security incidents. Let this be a reminder to you to secure your laptop. 8:44:10 PM    comment []

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