Nicole Ferguson reports: Thousands of patient records, surgery information, Social Security numbers and bank information were found dumped behind a Nashville Church. The discovery was made Monday morning at the Nashville Center Point Church of the Nazarene off 54th Avenue. […] The documents came from the now defunct and bankrupt Nursing Visioned Medical Services group,…
Category: Breach Types
NHTSA’s Complaint Database Leaks Private Information Like A Sieve
Edward Niedermeyer reports: Our Canadian pal carquestions took a look through NHTSA’s public complaint database, and found four examples of personal information that NHTSA should have redacted but didn’t. You know, things like names, birth dates, social security numbers, addresses, VINs, and drivers license numbers. And he found those four after searching through “12 or…
UK: Hack attack targets 4.3 million online CVs
Stewart Mitchell reports: The personal details of 4.3 million job seekers may have been compromised in a “concerted and sophisticated” hack attack on Trinity Mirror’s recruitment sites. According to Trinity Mirror, no actual CV details were exposed during the attack on sites such as Planet Recruit and JobSearch, even though the company believes email address…
Capital One: Who’s in their database?
On May 18, Capital One notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office that a “fraud ring may have obtained certain customer information.” The personal information included names, addresses, account numbers, Social Security Numbers, and “other sensitive information.” According to the letter to affected individuals from James McFadden, Vice President Chief Privacy Officer, the compromise may…
Aldaco’s issues credit card breach alert
Aldaco’s has posted a notice on its web site, as noticed and first reported by MySanAntonio.com: Dear Customers, Our business has been another senseless victim of breach of data. Authorities have investigated and have clearly determined that the breach was not the result of any wrong doings by an in-house employee or management. We have…
NC: Prompt Med Fined for Improper Disposal of Records
Following up on a breach previously covered here and here, the North Carolina Attorney General’s Office released this statement yesterday: A Greensboro urgent care center has paid $50,000 because its patients’ financial and medical information were illegally disposed of in a dumpster, Attorney General Roy Cooper announced Friday. “When you share your personal information with…