Kathryn Rattigan of Robinson + Cole writes that a two-year data leak by a vendor has resulted in a lawsuit: This week, Volkswagen AG’s U.S. entity and its Audi brand were hit with a class action for a data breach that allegedly compromised 3.3 million consumers’ personal information. In the U.S. District Court for the…
Category: Exposure
Oops: Hundreds of One Medical patients’ emails exposed
Elise Reuter reports on what, indeed, was a big OOPS! An errant email sent to hundreds of One Medical patients exposed their email addresses. Several One Medical patients took to Twitter on Wednesday night sharing screenshots of the same email that was addressed to more than 900 people. It’s possible that the email was sent in batches…
Indian tech startup exposed Byju’s student data
Zach Whittaker reports: India-based technology startup Salesken.ai has secured an exposed server that was spilling private and sensitive data on one of its customers, Byju’s, an education technology giant and India’s most valuable startup. The server was left unprotected since at least June 14, according to historical data provided by Shodan, a search engine for exposed…
Morningstar data breach reveals KPMG deal maker lists
Liam Walsh and Edmund Tadros report: A software glitch has exposed the key companies garnering the interest of big four advisory group KPMG’s deal makers and restructuring experts. The flaw in an alert system, run by US financial research firm Morningstar, for ASX-listed companies meant third parties could even view project names KPMG had assigned. That included…
Leaked by ‘mistake’ on IBBI portal: Aadhaar, PAN data of workmen in multiple cos under insolvency
Karunjit Singh reports: In an inadvertent data leak, the country’s insolvency regulator has put out the Aadhaar and Permanent Account Number (PAN) details of the workmen of multiple companies undergoing insolvency proceedings in the public domain. Officials aware of developments admitted to the “mistake”, which happened as the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI)…
Mercedes-Benz data breach exposes SSNs, credit card numbers
Ax Sharma reports: Mercedes-Benz USA has just disclosed a data breach impacting some of its customers. The company assessed 1.6 million customer records which included customer names, addresses, emails, phone numbers, and some purchased vehicle information to determine the impact. It appears the data breach exposed credit card information, social security numbers, and driver license numbers of…