Dave Powell reports: Files containing job applicants’ personal details were found dumped in a skip. A shocked member of the public discovered the documents and passed them to the Daily Post. We have chosen not to identify the two women named in the dossiers but the way that the files appear to have been carelessly…
Month: October 2012
Kent County Council sends sensitive adoption details to wrong party
Sending sensitive adoption details to the wrong e-mail address is bad. Misdirecting them to an employee of the BBC is sure to get media coverage. BBC reports that’s what happened with the Kent County Council, who are now investigating how a BBC employee was sent such sensitive information.
NZ: Eel x-ray leak breached privacy
Curiosity is normal. Resisting the impulse to share an unusual case seems to exceed some professionals’ self-control, despite ethical prohibitions. Fairfax NZ News reports: Auckland City Hospital staff are under the microscope after a patient’s privacy was breached when x-rays of an eel stuck up his bottom circulated the wards. Auckland District Health Board (ADHB)…
100+ Education hacked, thousands of accounts leaked by @TeamGhostShell
Early today @TeamGhostShell announced a big leak that was aimed towards education based websites all around the world. the as normal comes in a many different parts which have been mirrored at least 3 times for each leak. This is not the first time we have seen big leaks by this crew with one coming…
PA: Nemacolin Woodlands Resort reports security breach during summer (update3)
WTAE in Pennsylvania reports that guests who stayed at Nemacolin Woodlands Resort between May and July may have had their credit card numbers, expiration dates, and CSC numbers exfiltrated by a POS compromise. Read the statement from Nemacolin Woodlands Resort on WTAE. One intriguing statement in their release was this: A private firm investigating this…
UK: NHS trust sent confidential information to private firm
The Mirror reports that 3,700 patients identified as at risk of coronary heart disease had their confidential details sent to Enhanced Care Services by NHS Bournemouth and Poole without the trust ever getting consent or even notifying the patients. The paper also reports that the Information Commissioner’s Office found the trust had breached the Data Protection Act. Read about…