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Ca: Brock student information inadvertently leaked to Internet

Posted on February 3, 2010 by Dissent

Brock University officials scrambled this week to secure the private information of more than 17,000 students that was inadvertently put up on the Internet. An error was made on Dec. 22 when a library staff member accidentally uploaded a file containing all student names, student numbers, phone numbers, mailing and email addresses to the publicly…

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Strangers Lose Personal Information in Non-Profit Mix-Up

Posted on February 3, 2010 by Dissent

Emily Rittman reports: A mistake by a not-for-profit group may put more than 200 landlords at risk for identity theft. The mistake sent tax forms and social security numbers to strangers. More than 500 landlords work with OACAC, the Ozarks Area Community Action Corporation. On January 28, 2010, half of those landlords didn’t receive tax…

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Nl: University of Utrecht leaks pay slips

Posted on February 3, 2010 by Dissent

Karin Spaink summarizes, in English, a breach reported on security.nl: Randstad HR Solutions, which apparently takes care of the payroll information of the employees of the University of Utrecht, made an error. Employees did not only receive their own January pay slip and yearly overviews, but also slips and overviews intended for others. Randstad HR…

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Dutch Dept. of Public Works leaks subscribers’ data

Posted on February 3, 2010 by Dissent

Karin Spaink summarizes, in English, a breach reported on Webwereld on January 27: The Dpt of Public Works (Rijkswaterstaat) installed a new profile system on their web site that subscribers to their newsletter had to use. When logging in to the system, subscribers were presented with the personal data of the previous visitor. The leaked…

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WV: Student info leaked through routine update

Posted on February 2, 2010 by Dissent

Around 53 West Virginia University students’ personal information was available to others following an “operational error” during a routine update of tax information Jan. 15. The students’ 1098-T forms, which include their Social Security number and tax identification numbers, among others, were uploaded to the University’s 1098-T Web site. The forms are distributed to WVU…

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UK: Skipton faces fine for serious data breach

Posted on January 30, 2010 by Dissent

Jeff Prestridge reports: Skipton Building Society faces a heavy fine from the Financial Services Authority after a serious breach of data security procedures that resulted in more than 3,000 savers receiving financial details about other customers of the mutual. […] When Skipton mailed 108,000 account statements to savers last weekend, 3,115 went out with the…

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