Wolfie Zhao reports: A South Korea-based exchange has inadvertently leaked sensitive information about 19 of its users, potentially putting some $620,000 worth of cryptocurrency at risk. According to a report from CoinDesk Korea , an employee of Bitkoex, an exchange launched in May, posted information on how much of the Karma (KRM) cryptocurrency was held…
Category: Exposure
Marketing Firm Exactis Leaked a Personal Info Database With 340 Million Records
Andy Greenberg reports: You’ve probably never heard of the marketing and data aggregation firm Exactis. But it may well have heard of you. And now there’s also a good chance that whatever information the company may possess about you, it recently leaked onto the public internet, available to any hacker who simply knew where to look….
Aadhaar Security Failure: Government Webpages Provide Unsecured Access To Demographic Authentication
Aria Thaker reports: In another exposure of Aadhaar’s cybersecurity weaknesses, over 70 subdomains under a Government of India website are providing access to demographic-authentication services without requiring identity verification from the requester. The websites allow users to access an application programming interface, or API, in which anyone can enter a person’s Aadhaar number, name, gender…
Medical records mishap sends confidential information to Westerville woman
Terri Sullivan reports: Elizabeth Spilker might know more about you than you think. For about a year now, a local hospital has been faxing other people’s personal medical records to her home. “We have been getting regular faxes over the last year or so from Grant Medical Center, with people’s personal information attached,” said Spilker….
Lawsuit claims Kansas official exposed private voter data
Roxana Hegeman reports: A civil rights group filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach challenging a multi-state voter registration database it claims exposed sensitive information including partial Social Security numbers from nearly a thousand state voters. The complaint by the American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas alleges “reckless maintenance” of…
Asylum seeker spreadsheet data blurt: UK Home Office loses appeal to limit claimants
Rebecca Hill reports: The British Home Office’s bid to reduce the number of potential claimants from a 2013 data breach that exposed the personal details of thousands of asylum seekers has been knocked back by the Court of Appeal. Rather than simply publishing overall statistics on the family returns process – the system by which…