On October 27, Business Tech reported: Vodacom is providing information which uniquely identifies you as a subscriber to websites you visit while on its data network. This was revealed by an online tool created by security researcher, Kenneth White. Among the data, Vodacom subscribers are inadvertently providing to web servers their phone number and a…
Category: Exposure
NZ: Victim in fear after court privacy breach
Hamish McNeilly provides yet another example of how “small” breaches can cause great harm or distress for individuals: A Dunedin man says he is living in fear after a Family Court privacy breach resulted in his address being sent to his brother, who had allegedly threatened to kill him. The Family Court has apologised for…
Paper, paper, everywhere….
The Associated Press reports that two women were arrested in Round Rock, Texas after they were found going through the trash behind an Extended Stay America hotel, allegedly to find information that could be used for identity theft and fraudulent purposes. KEYE TV reports that in this case, it may not have been the trash that posed a risk…
ME: Former employees sue Washington County sheriff over release of personnel information
Bill Trotter and Judy Harrison report: Seventeen ex-employees of the Washington County Sheriff’s Office have sued Sheriff Donnie Smith over the collection and release of their personnel information as part of Smith’s unsuccessful effort to contest the ballot eligibility of two political opponents earlier this year. […] The complaint, filed Monday in Washington County Superior Court,…
Mother says daughter’s school records posted on Instagram
WSB-TV in Atlanta reports: An Atlanta mother is upset after she says her daughter’s personal files were left out in a classroom and someone posted pictures of them on Instagram. Maisha Harris says the files showed her daughter’s Social Security number on them and she’s worried about identity theft. “It shows schools, name, her last…
NC: 70+ Lenoir County employees compromised by data breach
WNCT reports that more than 70 Lenoir County employees have been notified that their names and Social Security numbers were exposed due an error by a Human Resources employee who neglected to redact the data in a salary report. Kinston provides some additional details. The unredacted report was sent to one person, who had worked in law…