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UK: Former civil servant suing government department after ‘highly sensitive’ medical information reportedly revealed in email

Posted on January 26, 2018 by Dissent

Neal Keeling reports: A former civil servant is suing the government department where he worked after ‘highly sensitive’ medical information about him was reportedly revealed to a dozen colleagues in an email. Lawyers for Aftab Marchant have issued High Court proceedings against the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and are seeking damages of up…

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Kansas website exposed state employees’ personal information: report

Posted on January 25, 2018 by Dissent

It was only a few days ago that there were reports that Florida had exposed the last 4 digits of almost 1,000 Kansas residents’ Social Security Numbers. Not to be outdone, Kansas posted its own citizens SSN, too, it seems. As Brett Samuels reports: The Kansas Secretary of State’s office on Thursday posted the personal…

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Email gaffe by Coventry University staff exposed 1,930 students’ details

Posted on January 25, 2018 by Dissent

The Coventry Telegraph reports that an email gaffe exposed some limited information on almost 2,000 students: Coventry University is being investigated after students’ confidential data was leaked to almost 2,000 people, the Telegraph can reveal. The university has apologised for the security breach and insists no passwords, financial or residential information was revealed. Confidential student…

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ICE Releases Personal Information Of Immigrant-Crime Hotline Users

Posted on January 24, 2018 by Dissent

Because victims didn’t have enough tsuris already?  This one appears to be an error made in responding to a FOIA request that resulted in personal information being revealed online. There was no text with the story – just the video news broadcast.  

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Major data breach at University of Windsor law school

Posted on January 23, 2018 by Dissent

Cristin Schmitz reports: The University of Windsor’s law school has notified the hundreds of current JD applicants that their confidential information has erroneously been disclosed, including names, gender, birthdates, “Aboriginal status,” GPA and LSAT scores, as well as the applicants’ “admit value” — a numerical rating by law faculty assessors. According to recent e-mails sent…

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Personal details of 220,000 Malaysian organ donors and their next of kin leaked online

Posted on January 23, 2018 by Dissent

Sharmila Nair reports: The personal details of over 220,000 organ donors pledgers in Malaysia has been leaked online. As disclosed by online forum and technology news site lowyat.net, the leaked data contains MyKad numbers, home addresses, telephone numbers of not just the pledgers but that of their next of kin as well. The source of…

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