Holly Fletcher reports: A computer glitch at BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee resulted in some member reports being sent to group benefit administrators. The breach did not include social security numbers, addresses, bank or financial information or health information. Because of the glitch, 657 employers who have accounts with BCBST received information meant for other companies…
Category: Exposure
UK: Sutton Council apologizes after publishing names of benefit recipients in a ‘concerning’ data bungle
Liam McInerney reports: Sutton Council has apologised after it “inadvertently” published names of members of the public who have received benefit payments. Those who received payments in May and June this year for disability, adoption, fostering allowances, day care respite and special needs education that totalled over £500 had their names and payments listed on…
The Government Has Finally Stopped Publicizing Abuse Victims’ Personal Information
P.R. Lockhart reports: Almost two months after revelations that the government had posted personal information of undocumented victims of abuse in a publicly searchable database, US Customs and Immigration Enforcement says that it has corrected the issue. In May, Mother Jones reported that the names of undocumented abuse victims were searchable in the Department of Homeland Security’s…
210 govt. websites found displaying personal info, including Aadhaar
Yuthika Bhargava reports: About 210 government websites were found to be displaying personal information, including name, address and Aadhaar number, of beneficiaries, the government said on Wednesday. “…It was found that around 210 websites of Central Government, State Government Departments, including educational institutes were displaying the list of beneficiaries along with their name, address, other…
Newcastle mother ‘felt sick inside’ at adoption data leak
BBC reports: A mother who has adopted two children “felt sick inside” when she discovered her details and those of thousands of others had been leaked. Newcastle City Council said information about 2,743 children and their adoptive parents was mistakenly added to a party invitation sent to 77 people in June. The woman said she…
Dow Jones Data Leak Results from Amazon AWS Configuration Error
Kelly Sheridan reports: A data leak at Dow Jones & Co. exposed the personal information of millions of customers after a public cloud configuration error. This marks the fifth major public cloud leak in the past several months after similar incidents affected Verizon, the WWE, US voter records, and Scottrade. This mistake compromised millions of…