Russell Blackstock reports: TVNZ has revealed two data security breaches over the past year, including the payment of a “fraudulent invoice” and the distribution of “commercially sensitive data” to external media agencies. The state broadcaster detailed the incidents in written answers to Parliament’s Commerce Committee. “An email phishing attack on a supplier resulted in a…
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Personal and sensitive data of 59,000 charter school students in California leaked: researcher
California Virtual Academies (CAVA) is a network of 11 publicly funded charter k-12 schools in California. Researcher Chris Vickery recently contacted DataBreaches.net after he found a database with 58,694 of their students’ records leaking. In addition to a lot of personal information on the students that was all in plain text, the leaking data included some information on student…
CardCrypt: 16 Companies Exposed Customers Unencrypted Credit Card Data
Jett Goldsmith writes: A security vulnerability affecting 16 companies worldwide, including Air Canada, the CN Tower, and the San Diego Zoo, has potentially revealed the unencrypted credit card data of hundreds of thousands of customers, according to a report by threat detection firm Wandera. Read more on Neowin. Over on Wandera’s blog, they write: Today, Wandera announced…
OH: More details emerge about patient records found at recycling center
Katie Wedell provides more details about patient records found at a recycling center in Springfield, Ohio It seems the person who found the records and reported that there were “hundreds” of records underestimated how many there were. Community Mercy Health Partners could face penalties from the federal government for improperly disposing of private medical records after thousands of old laboratory…
Deutsche Bank’s Japan arm to face penalty for information leak
Tang See Kit reports: Japan’s securities-market watchdog said on Tuesday (Dec 8) it has asked the Financial Services Agency (FSA) to penalise Deutsche Bank’s brokerage unit in Tokyo for the improper sharing of information about a company’s earnings with its clients. The Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission (SESC) recommended that the FSA take “administrative action”…
Ca: The Cheesecake Company personnel files found in disposal bin
Bailey Hildebrand reports: One northwest restaurant’s potential mistake is a reminder for businesses to take special care of employee files. Stephen Webster said he was walking in a parking lot last Thursday when he saw file folders scattered in and around a blue disposal bin behind The Cheesecake Company — a restaurant in the midst of closing its…