Shawn Snow reports: Roughly 21,426 people were impacted when an unencrypted email with an attachment containing personal confidential information was sent to the wrong email distribution list Monday morning. The compromised attachment included highly sensitive data such as truncated social security numbers, bank electronic funds transfer and bank routing numbers, truncated credit card information, mailing…
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Data breach may have put Pennsylvania teachers’ personal information at risk
Jan Murphy reports: A data breach of a state Department of Education database may have potentially compromised personal information including Social Security numbers of Pennsylvania’s current and former teachers. A red notice was posted at the top of the department’s website through the weekend noting a “security incident on the Teacher Information Management System.” The…
Millville ShopRite experiences data security incident
Maxwell Reil reports: A ShopRite pharmacy in Millville experienced a data security incident involving the loss of personal and medical information, according to Wakefern Food Corp., the cooperative that supplies goods and support services to ShopRite stores and pharmacies. According to a news release, a device used in the pharmacy to capture customer signatures was…
University of Canberra accidentally sends 24 staff details of every employee
Emily Baker reports: The University of Canberra has accidentally sent some staff the personal details of every employee, including their birth date, classification, average hours and salary. Vice-chancellor Deep Saini said an “administrative error” led to 24 employees receiving the email with searchable data on all their colleagues attached. Read more on Canberra Times.
Chase ‘Glitch’ Exposed Customer Accounts
Brian Krebs reports: Multiple Chase.com customers have reported logging in to their bank accounts, only to be presented with another customer’s bank account details. Chase has acknowledged the incident, saying it was caused by an internal “glitch” Wednesday evening that did not involve any kind of hacking attempt or cyber attack. Trish Wexler, director of…
AU: City of Ballarat privacy nightmare: resident details posted online
Ashleigh McMillan reports: More than 70 Ballarat residents have had their home addresses – and in some cases phone numbers and email addresses – leaked by City of Ballarat. […] The list included the personal details of a number of eminent Ballarat personalities and those with sensitive professions, including lawyers, doctors, business owners and police…