Deb Holland reports: Meade School District staff hope they have corrected an internal computer error that made hundreds and maybe thousands of Social Security numbers of former students available online last week. Meade Superintendent Don Kirkegaard said Saturday the computer breach came to his attention late Thursday. “Somehow, access to our transcript server was compromised,”…
Category: Exposure
Philippines Dept of Trade and Industry Hacked, Login Details Leaked by Anonymous
Waqas writes: An online hacktivist going with the handle of Anonymous Leyte has claimed to hack in to the official website of Philippines‘s Department of Trade & Industry (DTI) (http://bps.dti.gov.ph), ending up with leaking login details of 1900+ members online yesterday. In an exclusive chat with hacker, we were told that reason for hacking the DIT’s website is to register a protest against the mishandling…
IE: Alan Shatter begins appeal over Data Commissioner finding
RTÉ News reports: Former Minister for Justice Alan Shatter has begun an appeal against a decision of the Data Protection Commissioner that he breached the Data Protection Act. The Commissioner found Mr Shatter breached the act by disclosing information about Independent TD Mick Wallace on RTÉ’s Prime Time programme last year. Lawyers for the former…
MD: IRS employee not guilty of inadvertent disclosures
There’s an update on a breach first disclosed in March that involved an IRS employee who took data with home and uploaded it to his unsecured home network, where it was discovered by a security firm. It seems that the employee had subsequently been charged criminally in the breach, but has been found not guilty. Jim McElhatton…
Firms at serious risk of data loss through file sharing and unintended exposure
Everything old is new again? Warwick Ashford reports: Businesses are at serious risk of data loss and compliance violations due to risky file-sharing practices, a study by the Ponemon Institute has revealed. Business leaders are failing to respond to the escalating risk of ungoverned file sharing and regular breaches of security policies by staff, according to the study commissioned…
Philadelphia settles lawsuit over disclosing gun permit appeals online
Gina Passarella reports that there has been final court approval of a settlement in a class action lawsuit that stemmed from a breach in 2012. The case was Doe v. City of Philadelphia. Read her coverage on Philly.com, and see this July 2014 press release with attached court filings.