Elaine Keogh reports: The Data Protection Commission is investigating a data breach by a college, which led to applicants being given portfolio assessment marks of other applicants instead of receiving just their own result. As part of the application process, prospective students for the Bachelor of Arts course at Cork Institute of Technology must include…
Category: Exposure
60,000 Personal Credentials Leaked From Syrian Sites
Lee J writes: Today a hacker from the European Cyber Army going by the handle @Zer0Pwn has announced a leak of data from two Syrian based websites job.sy, realestate.sy. The leak which is titled “ECA vs. Assad | Part 1″ was posted to Pastebin with a preview of some of the users’ data and a link to Sendspace. The attack is apart…
IL: New teacher licensing system full of glitches, hitches
Diane Rado reports: Just hours after the state launched a new, multimillion-dollar teacher licensing system last year, an educator logging in was shocked to find a serious security breach. “I discovered that by doing a public search using any educator’s name, ALL of our personal information is available to everyone. This is alarming!” the educator…
FL: Social Security Numbers of 530 Polk County School District Employees Exposed
Greg Parlier reports: The Social Security numbers of 530 Polk County School District employees were available to the public online for two years until they were taken down last month, district officials said Thursday. Mike Perrone, the School District’s chief financial officer who oversees human resources, said the numbers were part of a large document…
PK: Privacy breach: ‘Hacker’ arrested for leaking private data
Asad Kharal reports: A man was arrested on Wednesday for hacking into a cellular company’s database and uploading the information of its subscribers on a website. Mubashar Shahzad, a resident of Kasur, was arrested after the National Response Centre for Cyber Crime (NR3C) of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) traced his IP (internet protocol) address,…
Password bug let me see shoppers’ credit cards in eBay ProStores, claims infosec bod
John Leyden reports: A serious vulnerability that potentially allowed shoplifters to empty eBay ProStores shops and swipe customer credit cards has been fixed – according to the security researcher who says he found the hole. Mark Litchfield, an infosec pro at Securatary, told us he discovered a flaw in eBay-owned ProStores that not only opened the door…