Another day, another leak, another inaccurate claim by an entity, and another inappropriate attack on a researcher. Buckle up. TeammateApp is not the sort of entity that DataBreaches usually reports on. DataBreaches decided to report on a data leak they reportedly experienced because once again, a well-intended researcher appears to have been falsely accused of…
Category: Exposure
Hundreds of Dutch medical records bought for pocket change at flea market
It’s been a while since DataBreaches posted a story about unerased drives with tons of sensitive information being purchased at a flea market or auction, but here we are again, and this time in the Netherlands. Connor Jones reports: Robert Polet, a 62-year-old techie and apparent bargain hunter from Breda, a city in the southern…
Elon Musk’s DOGE Posts Classified Data On Its New Website
Jennifer Bendery reports: Elon Musk’s team at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency has posted classified information about the size and staff of a U.S. intelligence agency on its new website, raising bigger concerns about where Musk’s programmers got this information and what they are doing with it. DOGE, which President Donald Trump created to…
No need to hack when it’s leaking: ZAR clinics edition
Heise.de reports: A massive data leak potentially affects hundreds of thousands of patients at ZAR rehab clinics across Germany. Among other things, highly sensitive medical reports were accessible. The affected rehab centers are under the umbrella of Nanz medico, which claims to be the largest provider of outpatient rehab services in Germany. This includes a…
Personal medical information might have been exposed on Chicago Department of Public Health dashboard
Todd Feuer reports: Some people might have had their names and medical information exposed on a Chicago Department of Public Health online dashboard last fall, city officials said. On Oct. 8, 2024, the department learned about an “inadvertent potential disclosure of sensitive information used to generate statistics related to public health and safety,” CDPH officials…
Attorney General James Secures $450,000 from Companies Selling Home Security Cameras that Failed to Secure Private Videos
NYS Attorney General has been the most active state attorney general in terms of going after entities that don’t secure data properly. The following is from her latest press release: NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James secured $450,000 from three companies that distribute eufy home security video cameras for failing to secure consumers’…