Even Google has breaches that need to be reported. From a notification letter to Googlers that will be going out on May 9th: I am writing to follow up on an email we recently sent you about an issue that involves your personal information. The details of the issue are below. What Happened? We recently…
Month: May 2016
Notice of Data Breach from Bay Area Children’s Association
To the Patients and Guarantors of Bay Area Children’s Association: On April 1, 2016, we received notice from our electronic medical record provider that some of our patient records were acquired by unauthorized persons. Specifically, they determined that cyber intruders may have installed malware on their system in January 2015 and, through credential theft, accessed…
InvestBank UAE hack: Database containing credit card details and passport scans leaks online
The Investbank hack and data dump can’t seem to say out of the news. Jason Murdock reports: A 10GB file has been released online that purports to hold sensitive financial data compromised from the InvestBank of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Upon initial analysis, the ZIP file contains tens of thousands of credit card numbers, names and…
5,800 Palm Beach County teachers notified of data security breach
May 2- 6 is Teacher Appreciation Week. Showing appreciation for teachers generally does not include exposing their identity information, but unfortunately, that’s what happened in Palm Beach County School District. The district issued a statement about the unintended disclosure to a vendor: Superintendent Robert Avossa has alerted employees that approximately 5,800 teachers had their Social…
Kroger notifies employees of W-2 breach involving Equifax service
It’s not just Stanford University employees who are reporting problems involving their W-2 data being accessed improperly from W2-Express, a service of Equifax. Kroger is also notifying employees. The Inquisitr reports: Grocery giant Kroger sent an email to current and former employees today indicating that their Social Security numbers and dates of birth may be compromised. The…
Panama Papers source breaks silence over ‘scale of injustices’
Luke Harding reports: The whistleblower behind the Panama Papers broke their silence on Friday to explain in detail how the injustices of offshore tax havens drove them to the biggest data leak in history. The source, whose identity and gender remain a secret, denied being a spy. “For the record, I do not work for any government…