The Times of Israel reports: A former head of the Mossad spy agency sounded the alarm Wednesday about an app operated by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party ahead of next week’s elections, warning that using it was “a real security threat” and likening the level of danger it poses to that of the deadly…
Category: Exposure
UK: Samsung’s website error exposes UK customer data
Sabina Weston reports: Samsung’s UK website has suffered a data breach resulting in the leak of private information of around 150 customers, the company has confirmed. Samsung said that the error exposed names, telephone numbers, postal and email addresses and previous orders, according to a statement seen by Reuters. Samsung emphasised that credit card information was not exposed. Read more on IT…
UK: Financial Conduct Authority goof reveals confidential details of 1,600 consumers
Jasper Jolly reports: The Financial Conduct Authority has admitted to accidentally revealing personal information of about 1,600 people who complained about it, in an embarrassing lapse for the regulator of Britain’s banks and investors. The FCA published names, addresses and phone numbers in a document on its website, in response to a request for data under the…
Rallyhood exposed a decade of users’ private data
Zack Whittaker reports on a 4.1 terabyte leak found by a researcher using the handle “Timeless:” Rallyhood boasts users from Girl Scout and Boy Scout troops, and Komen, Habitat for Humanities, and YMCA factions. The company also hosts thousands of smaller groups, like local bands, sports teams, art clubs, and organizing committees. Many flocked to…
Personal health information of nearly 2,900 Queen’s patients sent to wrong email address
The Star Advertiser reports: An employee sent an email containing personal health information for 2,852 patients of The Queen’s Medical Center and Queen’s North Hawaii Community Hospital to the wrong address on Feb. 3, Queen’s officials announced today. No Social Security numbers or financial account information was included, so patients’ financial security is not at…
Celeb Shout-Out App Cameo Exposes Private Videos and User Data
Joseph Cox reports: Cameo, the increasingly popular app for paying celebrities to record short personal videos, exposed a wealth of user data including email addresses, hashed and salted passwords and phone numbers, and messages via a misconfiguration in its app. The site also has an issue where videos that are supposed to be private are…