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Hill AFB employee personal info improperly transmitted

Posted on August 28, 2013 by Dissent

Mitch Shaw reports: More than 500 Hill Air Force Base employees had sensitive personal information compromised after another base employee improperly transmitted the information to an unprotected email address. In early July, a base administrative employee was working with data that contained the names and Social Security numbers of hundreds of base employees. The employee,…

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UK: Uni in Data Protection Breach

Posted on August 27, 2013 by Dissent

Jo Barrows reports on an e-mail gaffe involving University of York: The Department of Admissions have been left red-faced after circulating an email containing private details of a postgraduate application to every student on the applicant’s course. The email included a forwarded message from the applicant who was appealing against her rejection from a Masters…

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Missouri Credit Union contacts customers about accidental web exposure of SSN and account information

Posted on August 24, 2013 by Dissent

KDSK reports: Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster is warning customers of a local credit union to monitor their accounts following an accidental release of personal information earlier this summer. Koster’s office became aware of the glitch at Missouri Credit Union when a member contacted them. Officials at the credit union told Koster that customer information…

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IE: Data breach involving payments to current and former IBRC staff

Posted on August 23, 2013 by Dissent

A personal data breach at the former Anglo Irish Bank has seen letters and payments sent to the wrong people with dozens of current and former employees at the liquidated bank affected. The special liquidators at the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation (IBRC), KPMG, have confirmed a personal data breach involving cheques that were “misdirected” to…

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Bloomberg to tighten internal controls following client data breach

Posted on August 23, 2013 by Dissent

Matthew Finnegan reports: An external review of Bloomberg’s data policies and procedures has recommended stronger measures be put in place in order to ensure journalists are unable to view client information through its financial data terminals. Two separate reports were released by Bloomberg on Wednesday detailing investigations into corporate practices at the firms, following claims…

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MS: UMC accidentally leaks students’ personal information

Posted on August 22, 2013 by Dissent

Seriously, these attachment errors are pretty inexcusable, aren’t they? Brian Eason reports:  The University of Mississippi Medical Center mistakenly gave out social security numbers, grade point averages and other personal information for most of its student body this week, violating state and federal privacy laws. UMC’s accounting department on Wednesday attached the private data to…

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