Update: On December 23, DataBreaches.net received a statement from Uncle Maddio’s public relations firm saying this is not their database: “Thank you for contacting Uncle Maddio’s Pizza. After investigating the information you provided from the third party and reviewing our information security standards and systems, we believe you may have us confused with another company. The information…
Category: Exposure
FL: Medical records found scattered on Fort Myers street identified
WINK News reports: Hundreds of medical records from patients at Radiology Regional Center spilled out on Fowler Street earlier Saturday morning, causing a major traffic tie up. The records included financial accounting statements, old phone bills, invoices and front desk registration information. Read more on WINK News. A county employee seems not to have noticed that doors on the…
Credit card info of donors to pro-Muslim or anti-islamophobia organizations leaked
Update: Post-publication, the Virtue Center web site was taken offline and has not returned as of December 23. An undated entry on another site lists Shakil Islam and Faizan Sattar as “former employers” of VC. At the time of publication, however, they were listed on VC’s web site as part of their team. Follow-up e-mail…
Ca: Oshawa reports privacy breach affecting 18 taxpayers
Reka Szekely reports: Property tax letters for 18 Oshawa residents may have been inadvertently sent to the wrong address, City of Oshawa staff say. The City reported a privacy breach surrounding the pre-authorized tax payment plan letters that were mailed out on Dec. 1. Jason McWilliam is the manager, records information systems for the City….
Armenian Hackers Leak Sensitive Data from Azerbaijan Ministry Servers
Agan Uzunovic writes: The cyber war between Armenians and Azerbaijani hackers seems never ending — Like this recent cyber attack in which the Armenian hackers from The Monte Melkonian Cyber Army (MMCA) hacked top Azerbaijani ministries and stole sensitive data. Earlier yesterday, a group of Armenian hackers breached into the official website of Azerbaijani Ministry of Labour and Social protection and…
Database leak exposes 3.3 million Hello Kitty fans (UPDATED)
Over on Salted Hash, Steve Ragan reports on yet another MongoDB Database leak uncovered by Chris Vickery. This one involves a database for sanriotown.com, the official online community for Hello Kitty and other Sanrio characters. As such, a lot of children’s information may be in the database. The records exposed include first and last names, birthday…