Port Pirie hospital is contacting
234 families after a laptop computer was stolen from the premises.
The laptop, used as part of the
State-wide Infant Screening Hearing Program, had a security password login and cannot be used as a personal device.
[The first thing I teach in Forensics is how to pull the hard drive and attach
it to another computer. That way you are
never prompted for a password, since the original operating system is never
used. Bob]
But Regional Director Yorke and
Northern Roger Kirchner said because hearing test data was stored on the
laptop, the health service was advising families of the incident.
Read more on The
Port Pirie Recorder.
A poorly thought out “system.”
Today’s reminder about the need to secure and securely
destroy PAPER records, too, comes to us from Kansas:
A search warrant shows
authorities are investigating two suspected identity thieves found with a box
filled with hundreds of Dollar Tree job applications apparently obtained by going
through trash containers in Wichita.
The warrant was filed recently in
U.S. District Court in Kansas. It
outlines the investigation into a pair found three years ago with employment
applications for 429 people as well as forgery tools. Some of
those applications included copies of driver’s licenses and Social Security
cards. [These are not needed until the
applicant is hired. Bob]
Read more on WIBW.
This is no way to run a business. Did they even ask why drone owners want to
change the rules? Why not give users a “off”
switch, but then log everything the drone does?
DJI Is Locking Down Its Drones Against a Growing Army of DIY
Hackers
The tension between drone pilots who want complete control
over their aircraft that they bought and DJI, the world's biggest consumer
grade drone maker, has come to a head. An
arms race between hackers and the company is earnestly underway.
On YouTube, Facebook, drone forums, and Slack groups
around the internet, hackers have published instructions for altering the
firmware on DJI's drones, leading to a rising number of drone pilots who have circumvented
flight restrictions imposed by DJI on its products. In recent days the company has updated its
software to render these hacks moot, and has started removing vulnerable
versions of its firmware from its servers in an attempt to regain control of
its drones.
DJI told me on Friday it will continue to investigate
cases of unauthorized modification and that it will "issue software
updates to address them without further announcement."
Again, I am at a loss to explain why Russia and France are
so interested in my Blog.
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