WBTV Web Staff and Nick Ochsner report: Private information of students at schools districts and charter schools across the state were left vulnerable by a software misconfiguration by a third-party vendor, Union County Public Schools Superintendent Andrew Houlihan told parents in a letter this week. According to the letter, the misconfiguration came after iLeadr, a company used…
Category: Exposure
Amazon accidentally exposed an internal server packed with Prime Video viewing habits
Zack Whittaker reports: It feels like every other day another tech startup is caught red-faced spilling reams of data across the internet because of a lapse in security. But even for technology giants like Amazon, it’s easy to make mistakes. Security researcher Anurag Sen found a database packed with Amazon Prime viewing habits stored on an internal Amazon server that…
NC investigating claims Facebook received WakeMed, Duke Health patient data
Lauren Ohnesorge reports: A month after a federal lawsuit alleged Triangle hospitals disclosed patient phone numbers and other information to Facebook (Nasdaq: META) without permission, North Carolina officials confirm the state is also investigating. The accusations involve Facebook’s Pixel tracking tool, which plaintiff attorneys in multiple lawsuits filed across the country claim is being improperly used…
NZ: Prospective students caught up in University of Otago data breach
Sinead Gill reports: For six weeks, most University of Otago students, including prospective students, had their personal information unprotected. A University spokesperson told Stuff while the risk of harm was “incredibly low”, some information was potentially accessible over this period, and most students could expect to be contacted by a privacy officer.” On October 5, the University…
City ‘inadvertently’ shares personal information, breaches privacy in mass-email to hundreds of Hamilton voters
Matthew Van Dongen reports: The city says it “inadvertently” breached the privacy of 450 people by leaving names and personal email addresses visible in a mass email to Hamilton residents who registered to vote by mail in the looming election. Upset residents started posting online Thursday night about the screw-up, which the city acknowledged is a…
Ca: Inappropriate pictures of long-term care residents raise questions in House of Assembly
Bernice Hiller reports: Allegations that long-term care staff in the Baie Verte hospital took inappropriate pictures of residents made it to the floor of the House of Assembly, as politicians asked and answered questions about the possible privacy breach. Central Health is investigating the allegations, along with the RCMP and Newfoundland and Labrador’s privacy commissioner. Read more…