The University of Texas at San Antonio has posted a breach notice on the university’s site: The University of Texas at San Antonio is informing 688 students and prospective students who either enrolled in or applied to courses in the Honors College that an unauthorized user may have gained access to information about them. Those…
Category: Exposure
Dumfries and Galloway data leak inquiry finds failing
An inquiry has found “systematic failings” to blame for an error which saw the personal data of hundreds of council workers being published online. The information was released by Dumfries and Galloway Council which has already made an unreserved apology. The mistake saw names, dates of birth and salary details of nearly 900 employees put…
Bank’s credit card bills found dumped
Ellen Jia reports: At least 500 credit card bills were found dumped at a recycling station in the Pudong New Area yesterday, raising concerns over a possible leak of bank customers’ personal information. The bills, in more than 10 bunches of 50 each, were from the Shanghai Pudong Development Bank. The bank and the Pudong…
Intel officials’ emails posted after hack of cybersecurity group
Michael Isikoff reports: The names and email addresses of hundreds of U.S. intelligence officials — including some senior officials in the Obama Administration — have been posted on an anti-secrecy website after computer hackers allegedly swiped them from the internal membership list of a prestigious national security organization. The apparent cyberattack on the Intelligence and…
NC: Guilford County Tax Office Leaks Taxpayers Data (Updated)
From WFMY News: Greensboro, NC– On September 9, 2011, Guilford County was notified of a Data Security Breach involving Tax Department files containing personal information accessible through the web. In a statement on its website Guiford County officials said: Data files of citizens for whom the Tax Department sought a garnishment or attachment between December 2010 and the date…
UK: NHS trust signs undertaking after two breaches involving paper records
The Information Commissioner’s Office reports that an undertaking has been signed today by Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust. The trust breached the Data Protection Act by losing the personal information of 49 patients in two separate incidents earlier this year. In one case a member of the public found a handover sheet containing names…