Jill R. Aitoro reports: A computer security breach at the Environmental Protection Agency exposed the Social Security numbers and banking information of nearly 8,000 people, most of them current employees, the EPA confirmed. The agency wouldn’t say whether the breach involved or affected any government contractors but told the Washington Business Journal in a statement…
Category: Breach Incidents
Yahoo Sued After Disclosure User Names, Passwords Stolen
Karen Gullo reports: Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO), the operator of the biggest U.S. Web portal, was sued for negligence over its disclosure that as many as 450,000 user names and passwords were stolen from one of its sites. A Yahoo user who said his login credentials were posted online after a hacker infiltrated a company database…
LA: Law firm’s files found under the interstate
If there’s one thing I really hate to see, it’s reports of confidential records blowing in the wind or exposed because medical professionals or lawyers haven’t taken proper steps to securely dispose of them. Here’s another lawyer one, from WAFB: Below the interstate at Dalrymple and along the sidewalk, there are documents strewn about with…
Elections Ontario data loss victims could top four million
Howard Solomon reports: The number of Canadians who could be victims of one of the country’s biggest losses of personal data could hit four million, according to a privacy official. Ann Cavoukian, privacy commissioner for the province of Ontario, said Tuesday that is the number of records that might be compromised in the loss of…
TX: Tarleton State University officials investigate privacy breach
Micah Moore reports: Hundreds of Tarleton State University documents containing students’ personal information were scattered across the intersection of Washington and Lillian streets Tuesday afternoon breaching a federal law that is supposed to protect student records. The financial aid documents from 1997-98 contained the social security number, date of birth, federal PELL grant disbursements and…
IL: Court documents left in plain view
From the aw-c’mon-already-folks dept., Cynthia M. Ellis reports: Officials said they are changing how they dispose of public records after court documents were found in a recycling bin earlier this week behind the Madison County Wood River Facility. A Telegraph reporter received information Monday night about files found in an open bin behind the county…