Another state has reported a breach or leak involving a state portal for filing unemployment claims. Fox19 reports: Kentucky officials reported Thursday what Gov. Andy Beshear described as a “data breach” in the state’s unemployment insurance web portal. The so-called breach took place on April 23, according to a release from Kentucky’s Education and Workforce…
Category: Exposure
AU: Big Footy data breach exposed private details of up to 100,000 users
Fiona Wilan reports: A large data leak from an AFL fan website has exposed about 70 million records online, including private conversations between users, according to cyber security researchers. Aussie Rules forum Bigfooty.com has about 100,000 users – although it’s not known how many were affected. The site has now started to contact users to notify them…
Personal Details and IDs of Millions of Indian Families Exposed As A Result of Security Incident
Bob Diachenko writes: On May 23rd, another Elasticsearch misconfiguration incident has led to the exposure of the personal details and Aadhar number for millions of families registered under Mukhya Mantri Parivar Samridhi Yojana (MMPSY), which is one of the largest social security programme in India rolled out in the state of Haryana. According to Bob, the server…
TH: National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission warns Advanced Wireless Network on data breach
The Bangkok Post reports: The telecom regulator has handed an official warning letter to a subsidiary of Advanced Info Service (AIS), urging it to strictly ensure cybersecurity and data protection after the firm accidentally exposed its database of 8 billion internet records online without a password during a scheduled test earlier this month. The move…
NZ: ASB Securities hit with $80,000 fine for 14-year privacy breach
The New Zealand Herald reports: ASB Securities has been fined $80,000 for a privacy breach which left hundreds of online accounts able to be viewed and traded by users without permission. The New Zealand Markets Disciplinary Tribunal censured the online share trading platform after 576 of its trading accounts were made vulnerable to unauthorised use…
Class-action lawsuit filed against state contractor over Ohio Department of Job and Family Services data leak
No surprise here…. ABC6 in Ohio reports: A class-action lawsuit has been filed in the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, alleging Deloitte—the contractor the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) hired to create and manage the new Pandemic Unemployment Assistance system—acted “negligently and recklessly,” leading to last week’s data leak. Read more on…