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University of East Anglia investigates another data leak

Posted on November 10, 2017 by Dissent

Warwick Ashford reports: The University of East Anglia is investigating a second personal data leak in six months after an employee’s personal data was sent to hundreds of postgraduate research students. The email was sent on 5 November to about 300 recipients in the social science faculty. When the error was discovered, the university sent…

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Local Salvation Army website updated after personal information released

Posted on November 9, 2017 by Dissent

WRDW reports: Well that’s me right there and that’s pretty horrible.” It’s the last information anyone would want popping up on a stranger’s phone. But that’s exactly what Sterling Gray saw when I showed him the Augusta Salvation Army’s Auto Auction website. “It’s easy enough if you are knowledgeable how to go out and find…

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Corporate watchdog Asic in privacy breach exposing users’ search history

Posted on November 9, 2017 by Dissent

Joshua Robertson reports: Australia’s corporate regulator has committed a serious privacy breach via a flaw in its website that exposes the search records of anyone tapping into its company database. The breach, which opens up free backdoor access to company search histories, including by investigative journalists and finance industry professionals, remained live on the Australian…

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UK: Confidential information ‘may’ have been in stolen hospital container

Posted on November 7, 2017 by Dissent

The Dudley News reports: Bosses have admitted that a waste container stolen from Russells Hall Hospital may have contained confidential information. The container, which held paper waste, was stolen from the back of the hospital at 6.45pm on October 5. Read more on Dudley News.

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MA: EMTs, paramedics may not know personal information is posted online

Posted on November 6, 2017 by Dissent

Boston25 News reported this last week: A state database reveals personal information about some health care workers, who say they’re worried about potential violence following them home. Bob St. Martin is a paramedic who made a troubling discovery earlier this month when he found a link to download his personal information online. “We have to…

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AU: AMP among companies affected by data breach of 50,000 staff records

Posted on November 5, 2017 by Dissent

Namaan Zhou reports: The personal details of more than 4,000 government employees have been exposed in a massive data breach of 50,000 staff records from various companies across Australia. The leak, first reported by iTnews, is believed to be the second-largest data breach in Australian history, after the details of 550,000 blood donors were accidentally…

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