Don Worthington reports: The names, Social Security numbers and driver’s license numbers of more than 12,000 online student applicants at York Technical College might have been exposed, school officials said Tuesday. And it was one of the applicants who discovered the problem and brought it to the college’s attention. […] York Tech President Greg Rutherford…
Month: May 2013
SRS employee stole 12,000 coworkers’ information
There’s an update to the Savannah River Site (USDOE) breach reported back in March, but I don’t know that it really clarifies that much. Mike Gellatly reports: The personal information of some 12,000 Savannah River Site employees stolen earlier this year was not “improperly distributed,” though it was found in the hands of a Site…
Raleigh clinic says X-rays were stolen, may have included patient information
Renee Elder reports: Patients who had X-rays at Raleigh Orthopaedic Clinic before 2008 are being urged to keep an eye on their bank statements and credit reports after 17,300 sets of X-rays vanished. A company the practice hired in January to convert X-ray films to electronic files never returned the materials, according to a letter…
California Birth Records Found in Unsecure Location
Date: 5/6/2013 Number: 13-017 Contact: Anita Gore, Heather Bourbeau – (916) 440-7259 SACRAMENTO A California Department of Public Health (CDPH) investigation has found that a reel containing images of 2,000 State of California Birth Records for 1974 was found in an unsecure location. These birth certificates contain names, addresses, Social Security numbers and some medical information. CDPH has…
Amazon Web Services does the right thing
Following up on my blog post concerning a data leak reported by BeyondRecognition.net, I just received an email from AWS stating that they have removed the Enron Email Data Set from their platform, making it unavailable for download and use. I am delighted to hear this. Of course, this doesn’t stop EDRM from hosting it…
MAPCO Express experiences security breach
MAPCO Express issued a press release today concerning a security breach as well as this notice on their web site: At MAPCO, we care about our customers and respect their privacy. We want to alert you that we have experienced a security breach by third-party hackers that may have compromised the credit/debit card information of…