Micah Lee reports: The United Nations accidentally published passwords, internal documents, and technical details about websites when it misconfigured popular project management service Trello, issue tracking app Jira, and office suite Google Docs. The mistakes made sensitive material available online to anyone with the proper link, rather than only to specific users who should have…
Category: Exposure
Securus Technologies-owned GovPayNow.com Leaks 14M+ Records
Brian Krebs reports: Government Payment Service Inc. — a company used by thousands of U.S. state and local governments to accept online payments for everything from traffic citations and licensing fees to bail payments and court-ordered fines — has leaked more than 14 million customer records dating back at least six years, including names, addresses, phone…
Another security breach at Grindr reveals users’ exact location
Tom Capon reports: Grindr’s security issues are once again in the spotlight as a third party app pinpointed users’ exact location. Despite constant reassurances from the app about the difficulties of exploiting their location technology, the latest security breach revealed how malicious parties can locate users. Discovered by blog Queer Europe, they used a third-party…
PA: Independence Blue Cross and subsidiaries notifying members whose PHI was mistakenly exposed on public web site
John George reports: Independence Blue Cross and its subsidiaries AmeriHealth HMO and AmeriHealth Insurance Co. of New Jersey have alerted certain members of a recent incident involving a potential privacy issue related to protected health information. […] “We quickly launched an investigation to determine the nature and scope of this incident, working with a leading…
Data of almost 3,000 patients experiencing emergency symptoms exposed online by MedCall Advisors
Have you ever wished you could just pick up a phone and get an emergency room physician on the phone to advise you in an emergency? Well, it seems that you can. According to their website, North Carolina-based Medcall Advisors is a “Workers Compensation and Healthcare Solutions” provider offering a comprehensive tele-emergent care medical service…
AU: NAPLAN results privacy breach at elite Melbourne school
3AW reports: NAPLAN results at an elite Melbourne school have been sent to the wrong parents. 3AW Drive was alerted to the issue this week. Methodist Ladies’ College sent a letter to parents, informing them they shouldn’t open the envelope because it could contain the results of another student. Read more on 3AW.