Brandi Bottalico reports that Frederick County Public Schools, currently embroiled in a finger-pointing exercise with the state as to who’s responsible for a recently discovered breach involving former students’ information, had another breach last year. In January 2015, employees’ W-2 statements were viewable by other employees. The breach appeared to be strictly internal and due to human…
Category: Breach Incidents
Texas firm exposed fetal and patient ultrasounds (updated)
Corpus Christi-based 4D Sound Diagnostics (3d4dinfo.com and Bump 2 Baby & Beyond) provides elective ultrasounds for women or couples who want an image of their baby. The firm, owned by technologist Michael Rodriguez and formerly based in Louisiana, also provides ultrasound services in doctors’ offices. While many of their clients appear to be in the former group (fetal ultrasounds that…
Ethereum Cryptocurrency Forum Suffers Data Breach
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Administrators of the Ethereum Project have announced today a data breach that affected over 16,500 users of the platform’s community forums. Ethereum is the name of the platform on which users can trade the Ether cryptocurrency, while the Ethereum Project is the governing body that manages the platform. The Ethereum forum is where…
Players data found on public computer, England team hit by security breach in Chennai
Chennai: While England are facing an uphill task to save the fifth and final Test against India in Chennai on Tuesday, the team was hit by a security breach where all the details about the police protection and players’ stay were let out in the open. The data was found on a public computer in a…
Hacker claims to have 305,000 PayAsUGym customers’ data up for sale (Updated)
PayAsUGym is a brilliant concept, enabling customers to find and use their nearest gym no matter where their work or day takes them. The network currently has 2,500 fitness centers in the U.K. and customers who purchase monthly passes have unlimited access to their chosen gym, but also access to all gyms of same monthly price or less,…
IL: Security breach could affect Black Hawk College employees
Anthony Watt reports: Information about Black Hawk College employees and their dependents could have been compromised in a hack of a former insurance provider’s server. Summit Reinsurance Services Inc. has notified the college that the names, Social Security numbers, health insurance information and medical records of 1,000 current and former employees could have been accessed…