Caroline Tilley reports: Dozens of confidential patient medical records were breached after they ended up in a charity shop, it has been revealed. More than 40 patients at Mersea Island Medical Practice were affected by the breach when a GP took the documents home and accidentally donated them to St Helena’s Hospice. Staff members realised…
Category: Exposure
Filipino Telecom giant Globe leaks customer registration data
Ray Walsh reports: Online reports have emerged that Filipino telecoms Globe Telecom Inc. has experienced a widespread data blunder. The major telecoms provider has allegedly leaked customer’s private details to fellow customers via email. The firm, one of the most popular in the Philippines, has around 60 million customers. On Friday, January 28, a string…
B&Q ‘exposed data about store thieves’
BBC reports: B&Q says it has taken action after being told that it exposed details of suspected store thieves to the net without password protection. The matter was brought to light by a security researcher last week. He said the DIY chain had taken the data offline, but was unable to get a response from…
MY: Over 1 Million UiTM Students and Alumni Personal Details Leaked Online
Vijandren reports: A total of 1,164,540 records, belonging to students who enrolled for various courses at Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) between 2000 and 2018 has been breached and leaked online. The leaked data includes detailed records of students from the UiTM main campus in Shah Alam, as well as it’s 13 autonomous state campuses around the…
UK: Theology lecturer breaches confidentiality in mass email
Melissa Tutesigensi reports: A private email containing sensitive information about a student was sent to all Theology undergraduates this morning. The discussion about a student’s mental health and attendance was accidentally forwarded to several hundred students. The student was explicitly named in the email and specific details about their university life were highlighted. In the…
Millions of bank loan and mortgage documents have leaked online (UPDATED)
Update: One day later, the story of the OpticsML breach got much worse when Bob Diachenko found a second exposure involving the vendor. Read about it here. Original post: Zack Whittaker reports on a leak discovered by Bob Diachenko of Security Discovery: A trove of more than 24 million financial and banking documents, representing tens…