Jeremy Maskel reports: Omaha Burke High School Principal Dr. Deborah Frison apologized in an email to families Wednesday, after an earlier email included an attachment with more than 2,000 students’ home addresses, phone numbers and student ID numbers. The email did not include any Social Security numbers. Read more on KETV. h/t, @VERISDB
Category: Exposure
AU: Government agency leaks customer details without telling
Beau Donelly reports: A government authority has leaked the billing and contact details of Victorians online, but decided against telling affected customers even though the privacy breach posed a “medium to high” level threat. The undisclosed state authority responsible for the breach notified Privacy Victoria about problems affecting its online payment system after discovering the…
Hacker claims to have infiltrated Chester, NY website as well as Pakistani & Ukrainian govt sites
Nathan Mayberg reports: What does the town of Chester have in common with the Pakistan Ministry of Commerce and the Ukranian government? Their websites were all allegedly hacked by someone claiming to be associated with the international hacking group Anynomous. Last week, a hacker with the Twitter tag @anonymousglobo posted links to what is allegedly…
CO: Sensitive mortgage documents found dumped behind Centennial office building
Jaclyn Allen reports that a passerby discovered boxes of folders with what appeared to be mortgage information files: The folders have one company in common, Colorado First Commercial Mortgage, which has been out of business in Colorado for more than a decade. But wait, there’s more, it seems. When the Sheriff’s office went to investigate,…
GA: Woman buys file cabinet, finds students’ private records
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,…
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….