Is there any state employee left in Texas who hasn’t had their data breached this year? Chuck Lindell reports: The Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services has begun notifying 4,900 current and former employees that a security breach may have exposed their personal information.Personal information for employees of other agencies — the former Texas Rehabilitation…
Category: Exposure
UK: ICO issues monetary penalty of £120,000 to Surrey Council over misdirected emails
Three strikes and you’re out, it seems. The Information Commissioner’s Office has just issued a monetary fine to Surrey Council after repeated instances of misdirected e-mails containing personal information. From the press release: The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) today served Surrey County Council with a monetary penalty of £120,000 for a serious breach of the Data Protection…
UK: Council FOI boob
Dumfries and Galloway Council employees have had confidential information, including their names and details of their salaries, made public on a website after a Freedom of Information request slip up. The local authority has apologised to those affected and are taking measures to prevent a repeat. A council spokesman said: “ A Freedom of Information…
Hacker fallout: Partial Tory donors list posted online
Mark Kennedy reports: In a significant security breach, the Conservative party has confirmed that hackers who gained access this week to the party’s website retrieved the names, addresses and email addresses of some people who made financial contributions to the Tories. Moreover, the Conservatives said Wednesday that in some instances the hackers got partial credit…
VA: University of Mary Washington notifies students of data breach (update1 with memo to students)
Jeff Branscome reports UMW sent the following e-mail to all employees to remind them of security policies in the wake of a breach involving student information: To All Faculty/Staff: This is to advise you that UMW experienced an information security incident, which you may read about in the news media. The attached letter was sent…
BM: Customers’ data put at risk on Govt website
Sam Strangeways reports: The e-mail addresses and telephone numbers of more than 1,200 people have been published on Government’s website. The sensitive data was available to view last week on a customer feedback page concerning the Transport Control Department at www.gov.bm The information was removed after The Royal Gazette informed the Ministry of Transport of…