ABC (AU) reports: There has been a privacy breach involving the big Australian based health insurer, NIB. The mobile phone numbers, emails and claims history of around 300 customers reportedly appeared on the company’s website for around an hour this morning. Read more on ABC (AU).
Category: Exposure
Bits ‘n Pieces
Recaps of a few more breach reports I recently read: Diman Regional Vocational Technical High School in New Hampshire joined the ranks of those who have made email attachment errors that exposed employee information to other employees and staff. Information in the spreadsheet included information on current and former employees: names, gender, Social Security numbers, benefit…
WikiLeaks begins leaking more than 500,000 Saudi diplomatic documents
News.com.au reports: At the Saudi Embassy in Tehran, diplomats talk about kicking up trouble among disenchanted youth using Facebook and Twitter. At the embassy in Khartoum, they report on Iran’s military aid to Sudan. Meanwhile in Geneva, the Saudi mission is stuck dealing with a multi-million dollar limo bill racked up by a Saudi royal…
Schools official mistakenly leaks student data in PowerPoint document
Donna St. George reports: When the chief technology officer for Montgomery County schools gave a talk at a conference in Missouri a few years ago, he used a PowerPoint presentation that mistakenly included the names and photos of 16 Bethesda kindergartners, along with phone numbers. It also listed the names, student identification numbers and reading…
UK: London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham signs undertaking
From the Information Commissioner’s Office: An undertaking to comply with the seventh data protection principle has been signed by the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. This follows incidents where personal data relating to a number of individuals was sent to unintended recipients due to typing errors in the address of the correspondence. On investigation…
Volcano Corporation notifies employees after e-mail breach
Add San Diego-based Volcano Corporation to your list of firms reporting breaches involving e-mail attachment errors. Volcano Corporation reports that the error was made – and detected – on May 21, when a spreadsheet was inadvertently attached to an e-mail sent to some employees about their retirement account. The spreadsheet included employees’ names, email addresses…