Oops. Krystal Frazier reports: The Minnesota Department of Corrections has found an error on the Minnesota CHOICE site which allowed 151 people who self-identified as criminal justice professionals, unauthorized access to the names and contact information of up to 7,000 individuals who have registered to use the site. Read more on NorthlandNewsCenter.com.
Category: Breach Incidents
Ca: Northwestel customer information exposed on website
CBC reports Northwestel has contacted 25 people to apologize after information from customer requests for digital TV was exposed on its website. The information may have included phone numbers as well as postal and e-mail addresses. Read more on CBC.
Has the Premera breach resulted in tax refund fraud?
While some Connecticut residents are blaming the Anthem breach after becoming victims of tax refund fraud (a causal claim that Anthem denies) and some faculty at North Dakota State University wonder if the university’s breach last year is the cause of the tax refund fraud they’re experiencing (a causal claim that NDSU denies), some physicians and dentists…
Another week, another list of vulnerable EDU sites
Last week, this site compiled a list of universities and colleges that TeaMp0isoN had reported were vulnerable to SQL injection or XSS attacks. This week, I’ve again compiled their tweets into one list. As I did last week, I am only providing the names of the schools and not the vulnerable urls. This week, however, I am also…
AU: Alleged hacker to face Brisbane court
AAP reports: A Queensland man is facing fraud and cyber crime charges after he allegedly hacked into the computer at a Brisbane business education facility. Detectives from the Fraud and Cyber Crime Group searched a number of addresses in the Brisbane area on Friday and seized a computer and electronic equipment. They say they arrested…
Controversial data breach bill passes House committee
Elise Viebeck reports: The House Energy and Commerce Committee approved a controversial bill creating national data security standards after a chaotic markup that revealed deep Democratic concerns about the measure. The Data Security and Breach Notification Act appears headed for further changes prior to a vote by the full House. The committee approved it on…