NBC News filed this report last week from WTHR: It was only a few weeks ago that 13 Investigates uncovered hundreds of personal records trashed in an open dumpster. Now, another tip has led to the discovery of more files containing private information like Social Security numbers for anyone to take. The files were very easy for us to…
Category: Breach Incidents
TennProgram.info hacked, user accounts leaked for #Opliberation
Long going operation dubbed #Opliberation by hacktivists has taken sights to a teen program information websites leaking its user database. The attack has been claimed by anonymous hacktivists and the target is TeenProgram.info which provides information about schooling for trouble teens in which opliberation is fighting to expose for the corruption and abuse that goes…
Azerbaijan: Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies Documents Leaked
Today i have been contacted by an anonymous leaker who has pointed me in the direction of a leak of files from the Azerbaijan government. The leak is said to come from the Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies and is said to further affect US Contractors to the Department of Defence. > Azerbaijan (i/ˌæzərbaɪˈdʒɑːn/ az-ər-by-jahn; Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan), officially the Republic of…
NZ: Privacy breaches revealed
Then again, maybe the government of New Zealand should just stop using all mail altogether – postal and email. Here’s yet another breach: Confidential legal aid details of a Bay man accused of breaching community work were mistakenly sent to a woman in a major privacy breach. The Katikati man’s name, address and what his…
Queenstowners’ personal details leaked in privacy breach
There have been a slew of email gaffes in the New Zealand news recently, so many so that I haven’t posted most of them here. But here’s one that strikes me as pretty inexcusable. Celia Crosble reports: Thousands of Queenstowners’ personal details have been exposed in an “embarrassing” major privacy breach by the district council’s…
EPA acknowledges releasing personal details on farmers, senator slams agency
Joseph Weber reports: The Environmental Protection Agency acknowledged Tuesday that it released personal information on potentially thousands of farmers and ranchers to environmental groups, following concerns from congressional Republicans and agriculture groups that the release could endanger their safety. Read more on FoxNews. The information released reportedly included the names, postal and email addresses, and…