Kerry Kavanaugh reports: A Henry County woman is outraged after she purchased a used filing cabinet and found students’ personal information inside. The files had the Brandon Hall School logo and so much more. Elizabeth Darsey found them in a used filing cabinet she purchased at a used furniture warehouse. “Disciplinary actions, legal actions, lawsuits,…
Category: Exposure
ACT testing company inadvertently releases information on Colorado Springs-area students
Debbie Kelly reports: The ACT national college entrance exam testing company is working to resolve a breach of personal information that happened last weekend involving Colorado Springs-area students. While attempting to change the test date for a Colorado Springs site on Sept. 13, the company said it inadvertently shared students’ personal information with other students….
300,000 K Box users’ information hacked and leaked by hackers protesting toll charges increase
Irene Tham reports: Attempts to fix the website of troubled karaoke bar chain K Box after the personal data of over 300,000 customers was exposed on Tuesday have led to the website being intermittently unavailable today. A company representative said its technical staff has been testing its computer systems, but did not provide details. […]…
UK: ICO will take no futher action against ambulance service
The Daily Echo has a follow-up on a previously noted breach: A watchdog will take no further action against South Central Ambulance Service (SCAS) after personal details of its staff were accidentally posted online. Confidential details including sexuality, ethnicity and religion of nearly 3,000 of its staff were mistakenly published on the service’s website in October. Now the…
(Another) WINZ privacy blunder
John Cousins and Fritha Tagg report: Confidential documents detailing the mental health conditions of beneficiaries were given to a woman in a major privacy blunder. Waihi resident Tracy Hall says the documents, which contain the names, phone numbers and mental health details of dozens of Work and Income clients, were given to her in error….
Ernst & Young accused by Canadian of massive data breach
Ellen Messmer reports: A used computer dealer in Canada claims he discovered a trove of Ernst & Young customer business data on Dell servers bought back in 2006 — and he wants the global consultancy to pay him to return the data. But is the breach for real or just a hoax? Mark Morris, who…