Rachel Polansky reports: Trash scattered on the side of a major road in Lehigh Acres turns out to be information that could have ruined a woman’s life. The NBC2 Investigators went to check out the situation after your tips came into the newsroom. The tip came in as trash scattered on the side of the…
Category: Exposure
Employee and locum details in Well data leak up to seven years old
Isabel Finch reports: Some of the details of employees and locums accidentally leaked via email by Well Pharmacy in December may be up to seven years old, the multiple has told C+D. In December, a document – which included names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses and some payroll numbers of 24,099 employees and locums –…
AU: Confidential documents discovered at former Radius Disability Services Havlin Street Site
Emma D’Agostino reports: MORE than two years have passed since Radius Disability Services went into administration. Yet, documents containing sensitive information about those who worked for and used the service remain at the former Havlin Street Site. Copies of a volunteer’s driver’s licence, bank statement, and birth certificate are among the papers strewn on the floor…
NZTA again forced to contact the Privacy Commissioner after another privacy breach
Jason Walls reports: The New Zealand Transport Agency is embroiled in yet another privacy saga, after accidentally revealing the private email addresses of almost 900 people in a mass traffic update email. This comes not long after the agency was forced to notify the Privacy Commissioner after it lost an unencrypted USB drive containing the…
Outdated software left municipal worker information exposed in 200 towns
Anne Wallace Allen reports: An outdated software that is used by about 200 Vermont municipalities and the Vermont Tax Department has long contained flaws that exposed sensitive information including Social Security numbers, according to an IT consultant and the software company’s founder. New England Municipal Resource Center, or NEMRC, is software that cities and towns…
Email Attachment Goof Exposed Personal Info of 4,557 Cal Poly Pomona Students
Victoria Gonzalez reports: Human error caused a massive leak of personal information of all active students in the College of Science. On Jan. 29, the campus community was notified via email of the leak. The incident occurred Jan. 28 when a university employee within the Computer Science Department intended to send an email containing advising…