Reading the comments under the Inmediata press release is like watching a train wreck happen right in front of you. Many people are reporting that they have received multiple notification letters from Inmediata — many with the names of people who are unknown to them and who do not live at their address. One person…
Category: Exposure
VA: Arlington Public Schools Informs Parents of Limited Data Breach
ARLNow reports: An “error” in the data inputted to the college readiness system used by Arlington Public Schools may have exposed the name, address, grade point average and college entrance exam scores of nearly two dozen students to an unrelated parent. Superintendent Patrick Murphy was sending a message, below, to all secondary (grades 6-12) families Friday morning informing…
Report: Unknown Data Breach Exposes 80 Million US Households
vpnMentor’s research team discovered a hack affecting 80 million American households. Known hacktivists Noam Rotem and Ran Locar discovered an unprotected database impacting up to 65% of US households. Hosted by a Microsoft cloud server, the 24 GB database includes the number of people living in each household with their full names, their marital status,…
CPSC Notifies Consumer Product Manufacturers of Possible Data Breach of Safety Information
Merrit Jones and Jena Valdetero of Bryan Cave write: A number of retailers and manufacturers have recently received notices from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission concerning a possible data breach. The CPSC’s letter advises recipients of an unauthorized release of confidential information that did not go through the procedures of 15 U.S.C. § 2055,…
MS: Lauderdale County employees’ sensitive information exposed
Whitney Downard reports: More than 100 Lauderdale County employees had their sensitive information shared via email to other employees covered by the county’s healthcare plan in an accidental exposure Tuesday. Personal information in the email included names, social security numbers and phone numbers. Chris Lafferty, the county administrator, inadvertently shared the information in a county-wide email sharing health…
KPMG Mexico Could Be Facing Fine of Up to $1.6 Million For Huge Data Leak Blunder
Jason Bramwell reports: Mexican authorities said KPMG Mexico could be fined as much as 30 million pesos (about $1.57 million) for exposing the confidential payroll data of employees at 41 of its clients, which was housed in an unsecured database that wound up on the Internet. According to El Economista, the National Institute of Transparency,…