KTUU reports that Alaska’s Permanent Fund Dividend web site is down and will remain down for now while the state investigates and remediates a data leak. ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) — Update: 10:27 p.m.:The Alaska Department of Revenue will not reopen the Permanent Fund Dividend application website until the integrity of filer information can be guaranteed, according…
Category: Exposure
So this didn’t work, either…
Thousands of kids’ names, grades, and their parents’ names and email addresses exposed but they do not respond to notifications via email or their site. I received an autoresponse that they’d get back to me soon. That was on August 5. And then again on August 12 when I tried again. So then I tried…
UK: Man finds confidential police reports in the road
Robert Sutcliffe reports: The Information Commissioner is investigating after a cache of confidential police information was discovered by a member of the public in Holmfirth. West Yorkshire Police say they are also looking into the circumstances of how around 50 items were found flapping around on the morning of Saturday, December 22. […] “I began…
BBC issues formal complaint to Russia over staff data leak
From the yeah-that’s-probably-not-going-to-do-much-good dept., the BBC reports: The BBC has formally complained to Russia’s ministry of foreign affairs, after a list of BBC staff working in Russia, including their personal data, was leaked online. The 44 journalists’ full names and photographs were published on social media by the For Mother Russia group on 25 December….
IL: Ousted Ogden Principal Exposed Private Student Info in New Data Breach
Matt Masterson reports: Chicago Public Schools officials this week confirmed confidential student information has been improperly disclosed in yet another data breach, this time involving the recently removed principal of Ogden Elementary School. CPS Chief Education Officer LaTanya McDade informed Ogden parents in a letter Thursday that former principal Michael Beyer improperly shared a Google…
Brazilian bank Inter pays fine over customer data leak
Angelica Mari reports: Brazilian bank Inter has achieved a settlement over a major security flaw that leaked data of nearly 20 thousand account holders earlier this year. Under the conclusion for the case, announced by Brazil’s Public Prosecutor’s Office (PPO) on December 18, the bank will pay 1.5 million reais ($382,000) as a means to…