Seattle University was contacted by a student who discovered that permissions for some folders in the university’s Microsoft Exchange folder system had been set incorrectly, allowing anyone with a university email address to gain access to the files in those folders. The university reports that 628 current and former students had personal information in those…
Category: Exposure
How to lose a customer with one email gaffe, Tuesday edition
An Account Executive at Square wanted to introduce herself to clients in her area, so she sent a friendly email to them today: Hi there, I wanted to reach out to let you know my team realigned territories and I will be your new point of contact moving forward. I’d love to set up a call…
UK: Confidential records mistakenly sent to all students at Penryn College
Penryn College has apologised “unreservedly” after accidentally emailing confidential pupil details to all students. A weekly summary of all students’ commendations and behaviour incidents was sent before the start of the Easter holidays. Read more on The Packet. h/t Jon Baines
UK: Holiday Extras investigates security breach
Seen on Travel Mole: Holiday Extras is investigating how the email addresses of nearly 5,000 of its customers were wrongly shared online. It is contacting 4,852 customers to tell them about the security breach, which it blamed on a mistake by one of its marketing partners. In a note to its customers, Holiday Extras assured…
AU: ACCC admits to personal data breach
Hannah Francis reports: The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission has apologised for a privacy breach after it left an unknown quantity of personal email addresses accessible online. The ACCC said the addresses of subscribers to its information alert services for the Recalls Australia, Product Safety Australia, SCAMwatch and ACCC Public Registers websites were “inadvertently made…
OR: Employment applications found in Little Caesars Pizza dumpster in Salem
Tim Becker reports: A stack of applications that contained personal information was discovered in a dumpster outside a pizza store in Salem. A viewer contacted KOIN 6 News after finding applications for employment at a Little Caesars Pizza store in a dumpster behind the business. “Pretty good stack of them [he found],” said Marilyn Peterson whose…