CBC News reports: The Northwest Territories Power Corporation has sent a letter to its customers telling them about a data security breach involving their personal information earlier this month. The company says that on Jan. 13, the company replied by email to a customer inquiry and attached the wrong file to that outgoing email. The file…
Category: Exposure
Nest Thermostats Leaked User Data But Don’t Freak Out Quite Yet
Bryan Lufkin reports: It’s no secret that connected home devices are riddled with security concerns. A recent investigation into Nest thermostats leaking user data onto the internet seemed especially anxiety-inducing, given how incredibly popular the gadgets are. But the story’s not as scary as some reports might lead you to believe. The new research comes out of Princeton’s Center…
AU: Telstra privacy breach leaves customer’s voicemail exposed
Hannah Francis reports: When it was time to upgrade to the latest iPhone, Richard Thornton did what he had done many times before. He wiped his old iPhone 5 with a factory reset, removed the SIM card, and sold the device second hand to a private buyer. And then something “scary” happened. The buyer of the iPhone…
San Diego County employees’ details erroneously sent to Wells Fargo
Right before Christmas, the County of San Diego Benefits Division discovered that some employees’ personal information had been inadvertently shared with Wells Fargo. The problem arose when the county sent personal information of those employees enrolling in a Wells Fargo Health Savings Account. A programming error by the county’s service provider, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Services, resulted in the additional transmission…
‘Dance Moms’ season 6 cast members hacked again
Janna Dela Cruz reported this last month, but I just came across it today, so with the proviso that I never even heard of this show: “Dance Moms” stars Abby Lee Miller, Maddie Ziegler and other cast members of the Lifetime series were reportedly hacked. TMZ has word that hackers were able to take control of the…
Earbits.com Leaks 325,000 User Credentials: Misconfigured Database
DataBreaches.net seems to have lost a source, but gained a resource. 🙂 Chris Vickery is now blogging his discoveries over on MacKeeper. His first post was about a misconfigured database leaking 325,000 Earbits users’ info as well as admin credentials: We’re talking about everything from real names, email addresses, and SHA1 password hashes (with accompanying…