DataBreaches.net was recently contacted by an Indian cybersecurity firm, Banbreach, about a vulnerability involving the California Department of Insurance site. According to Banbreach, they notified the California Department of Insurance (CDI) that interactive.web.insurance.ca.gov was hosting an oracle reporting server that had generated more than 24,450 reports in the prior 24 hours. Most of the reports…
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UK: Hospital apologizes for voicemail privacy breach in Manchester
Amy Walker reports: A hospital has apologised after sensitive voicemail messages left by patients were heard by a man trying to change an appointment over the phone. Brian Newton reported that he heard recordings of people sharing personal information with the Manchester Royal Eye hospital on Tuesday. A spokesperson for Manchester University NHS foundation trust said the issue on…
Data leak shuts down Alaska’s PFD application website
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…
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….