Social Security and tax ID numbers of over 24,000 California doctors were accidentally posted by Anthem Blue Cross recently. The information stayed online for about 24 hours. Article Excerpt: Allina Health is notifying 3,807 patients by letter that a medical assistant...
A Minnesota medical clinic employee has fired because she viewed patient records without authorization. The medical facility notified approximately 3800 patients of the breach and offered them free credit monitoring services. Article Excerpt: Allina Health is...
Another major hacking incident was recently uncovered. Trustwave’s SpiderLabs announced passwords were stolen from Facebook, Yahoo, Google, Twitter, and LinkedIn accounts, among others. Using software called “Pony Botnet Controller” to orchestrate the attack, the...
The Bitcoin wallet service website was recently hacked. The site had claimed to be the most secure digital wallet ever created, with 20 different security measures in place. Article Excerpt: An Australian entrepreneur going only by the name TradeFortress responsible...
If you think your personal data is secure, you’re probably wrong. Article Excerpt: It’s my first class of the semester at New York University. I’m discussing the evils of plagiarism and falsifying sources with 11 graduate journalism students when, without warning, my...
One developer claims the popular messaging application WhatsApp Messenger has encryption issues that allow hackers to read communications between users. Article Excerpt: The popular mobile messaging application WhatsApp Messenger has a major design flaw in its...
