Melissa Burden reports: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan is notifying about 6,500 members whose personal, but non-medical information was exposed on a third-party website, the insurer said today. The nonprofit health insurer said the breach involved a website created by Harper Woods-based Tstream Software, which was doing work on behalf of Warren-based Agent Benefits…
Category: Exposure
Papers with sensitive info found blowing around Winnipeg
Pieces of paper with the names of former clients of the Salvation Army and information about past incidents connected with the charity were found on a Winnipeg street Wednesday – raising concerns about privacy. The documents from 1999 somehow ended up on Isabel Street near Ross Avenue on Wednesday afternoon. […] The documents belong to…
KY: Information on Green River District Health Department patients exposed on the Web for months
James Mayse reports for the Messenger-Inquirer: The names, Social Security numbers and dates of birth of thousands of people who visited the Green River District Health Department were available unsecured online for months, at least since October. But the company maintaining the computer database fixed the problem immediately Wednesday evening after being notified by the…
ESRB unintentionally exposes email addresses of people who filed complaints over Blizzard’s Real ID system
Gregg Reece writes about a reply-all gaffe exposing almost 1,000 individuals’ email addresses: During the recent Real ID catastrophe on the forums, many players decided to appeal to an industry source that might have been able to sway Blizzard to change its mind. These players contacted the ESRB (Entertainment Software Rating Board) as a Better Business Bureau-type…
AU: Mobile security outrage: private details accessible on net (updated)
Natalie O’Brien reports: The personal details of millions of Vodafone customers, including their names, home addresses, driver’s licence numbers and credit card details, have been publicly available on the internet in what is being described as an ”unbelievable” lapse in security by the mobile phone giant. The Sun-Herald is aware of criminal groups paying for…
FL: Social Security Numbers Found on Duval County Website
Maria Will knows to be careful on the internet, especially with private information like bank account and Social Security numbers. “Anybody can put an address in and pull up anything,” said Will. But she didn’t realize some of that protected information can be found on a government website. In at least one case, there was…