I had noted this hack already, but it’s interesting to see how it was reported in the South China Morning Post. James Griffiths and Ben Westcott report: A number of major educational institutions in Hong Kong were allegedly affected by a major hack attack encompassing more than 100 universities and government agencies worldwide. According to…
Category: Exposure
NZ: Swift apology after mental health privacy breach
Sarah-Jane O’Connor reports: A mental health support group is “mortified” after accidentally sending out the email addresses of hundreds of people with anxiety disorders. Christchurch woman Debbie Wilson said she received an email from Mental Health Advocacy and Peer Support (MHAPS) on Thursday and saw the addresses of the more than 200 recipients were visible….
East Sussex NHS Trust apologies over data breach
BBC reports: More than 3,000 patients have been sent a letter of apology by the NHS after a computer memory stick containing their personal information was found by a member of the public. East Sussex NHS Trust said the stick had been left by a member of staff near a trust building. The information was…
Oops. A school sends all eighth-grade report cards to every family in the grade
Valerie Strauss reports: Oops. An elementary school in Connecticut accidentally e-mailed the report cards for every eighth-grade student to every eighth-grade family. Instead of sending a single report card as a secure document to a single family, someone sent all of the student evaluations as an attachment to the entire grade at Cromwell Middle School,…
Privacy Blunder Exposes Mozilla Developers’ Phone Numbers
Ionut Ilascu reports: AMO developers that signed for a free t-shirt from Mozilla had their information exposed for a short period of time due to poor configuration of the online form that collected the data. […] Anyone fitting one of the three eligibility categories has to reserve their t-shirt by signing up on a Google…
Dumpsters full of employees’ documents at closed Albuquerque business could have been gold for ID thieves
Ryan Luby and Carlos Marquez report: Who doesn’t love a good night on the town? Known for having more than one club under one roof, Graham Central Station in Albuquerque was the place to be. But after nearly 11 years in the business, the doors are locked and the club is closed. Signs on the…