The University of Hawaii has just posted a breach notice concerning the incident described in an earlier blog entry: The University of Hawai`i – West O`ahu (UHWO) is notifying approximately 40,000 individuals that their personal information may have been compromised. The exposure occurred when a faculty member inadvertently uploaded files containing data including names, social…
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University of Hawaii-Manoa Breaches exposes sensitive info on 40,000 students
It’s bad enough when your system gets hacked. It’s worse when the breach is self-inflicted. This just in: The University of Hawaii-Manoa has breached the personal information of 40,101 students who attended between 1990-1998 and 2001, including names, social security numbers, dates of birth, addresses, demographic, and detailed academic performance data. … The information was…
Students’ personal information posted online inadvertently
Lina Savickas reports: The personal information of about 400 Benedictine students and a few non-students within the Election Judge Training Program was inadvertently posted online on the program’s Facebook page, according to Executive Vice President Charlie Gregory. Personal information including Social Security numbers, dates of birth, e-mail addresses and telephone numbers was on a spreadsheet…
Ca: Personal data at risk, study found
Dana Flavelle reports that private investigators hired by an association of secure document disposal companies found lots of personal information in dumpsters in the Greater Toronto area. Doctors offices and car dealers got an unwanted shout-out in their findings. Most organizations, especially large banks and hospitals, are doing a good job of disposing of sensitive…
CT: U. Conn addresses security breach
Amy McDavitt reports: A recent security breach on the Storrs campus revealed a list of former students’ names and Social Security numbers and made them available on the Internet. The university was made aware of the situation Oct. 4 after one of the individuals on the list discovered it and alerted university officials, according to…
AU: Telstra botched mail-out exposes 220,000 customers
Asher Moses reports: Telstra is being investigated by both the communications and privacy watchdogs after it sent out 220,000 letters that contained account information belonging to other customers. The letters, which contained the name, phone number and telephone plan of customers other than the recipients, explained upcoming fixed line price changes. Telstra blamed the privacy…