Jordan Tidwell reports: There was an email security breach between county employees’ in Sebastian County on March 15, Sebastian County comptroller Melissa Sinclair said. Sinclair said a payroll administrator sent out an email to a group of county employees containing links to approximately 200 employees’ banking account numbers and routing numbers. The links required a…
Category: Exposure
UK: Council blunder exposes personal data on web
Residents in Fylde have had their private details leaked on the internet in a massive security breach by Fylde Council. The council today confirmed that the email addresses of people who took part in a recent consultation had been posted on its website at the weekend. However, victims say details also included mobile phone numbers,…
UK: Three Data Breach Exposes Mobile Customer Account Details To Total Strangers
Steve McCaskill reports: Three customers have reported seeing other users details in their online accounts and My3 application in fresh cybersecurity breach. Three has suffered a new data breach after an apparent technical glitch saw customers presented with the account details of other subscribers. Those affected could apparently access the bills, call logs and phone numbers of…
UNC Health Care notifies 1,300 prenatal patients of potential breach
Abbie Bennett reports: UNC Health Care is alerting its prenatal patients that their confidential medical information may have been shared with their home county, including Social Security numbers, sexually-transmitted disease information and more. Women seen for prenatal appointments at two UNC Health Care obstetric clinics between 2014 and 2017 may have filled out a form…
Saks Fifth Avenue Exposed Personal Info On Tens Of Thousands Of Customers
Leticia Miranda reports: The personal information of tens of thousands of customers of Saks Fifth Avenue has been publicly available in plain text online, BuzzFeed News has learned. The online shopping site for the brand is maintained by the digital division of its owner, the Canada-based Hudson’s Bay Company. Until recently, unencrypted, publicly accessible web…
Blunder reveals Australian lawmakers’ private cell numbers
PhysOrg reports: Private cellphone numbers of most Australian federal lawmakers, their staff and several former prime ministers have been made public after a government department failed to properly remove them from a routine report. The Department of Parliamentary Services on Monday confirmed the blunder in its latest report on lawmakers’ cellphone and internet spending published on its…