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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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TW: Local bank fined over online security breach

Posted on August 22, 2013 by Dissent

Stacy Wu and Jay Chen report: CTBC Bank, one of Taiwan’s top financial institutions, was fined NT$4 million (US$134,000) Thursday for accidentally leaking the personal information of some 33,000 of its e-banking customers. The error allowed the average Internet user to view confidential data, intended for CTBC Bank staff only, for an undisclosed period of…

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ZA: Joburg billing security breach

Posted on August 21, 2013 by Dissent

Anna Cox reports that more than 1 million customers may have had their information exposed for years by an improperly secured city web site: The City of Joburg has apologised for the inconvenience caused by the security glitch that exposed customer rates and services invoices to fraudsters. The e-statement site had to be shut down…

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Investigators say Bow Valley College failed to protect vital info of nearly 200,000

Posted on August 20, 2013 by Dissent

Here’s a breach from almost one year ago that I had missed until this follow-up report.  Michael Franklin reports: An investigator into a possible leak of personal information of nearly 200,000 Bow Valley students has found that the institution had indeed failed to protect that information. However, it also says that the school took reasonable…

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AU: AAMI customers use privacy breach to their advantage

Posted on August 20, 2013 by Dissent

Lucy Battersby reports that an email gaffe by auto insurer Australian Associated Motor Insurers (AAMI) has enabled disgruntled consumers to find each other to band together: The blind carbon copy (BCC) button on emails exists for a very good reason. Unfortunately one of AAMI’s managers failed to use it the day she sent a message…

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ADP coding error exposed McKesson employees’ SSN and wages (updated to include statement from ADP)

Posted on August 15, 2013 by Dissent

Add McKesson to those affected by a breach involving ADP that was disclosed in June.  The breach also affected employees of the city of Houston and  US Airways, as reported previously on this blog. On August 9, McKesson notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office that it was sending out notifications to some of their employees…

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