Phone firm Vodafone has admitted publishing the phone numbers and addresses of thousands of people who wanted to be ex-directory – by mistake. The company blames both technical and human failings for the fact that over 90,000 numbers have been inclued (sic) in paper and electronic phone books, and included in number information service listings….
Category: Exposure
BT E-Mail System Investigated by U.K. Regulator on Data Security
Amy Thomson reports on a situation first reported by The Register yesterday: BT Group Plc (BT/A) is being investigated by a U.K. data security regulator after a whistle-blower said the way it handled data when switching users to a new e-mail system may have exposed customer information. The Information Commissioner’s Office was contacted by someone who…
Asylum data breach: Immigration Department sends apology letter
Oliver Laughland provides the update: The Department of Immigration is writing to asylum seekers detained across Australia to inform them their personal details were publicly disclosed in a massive data breach, with sources alleging the department is coercing them to sign for receipt of the letter. In February Guardian Australia revealed almost 10,000 asylum seekers had…
NYC transit agency has data breach
AP reports: The personal information of approximately 15,000 New York City Transit Authority workers has been found on a compact disc inside a refurbished computer sold by a retailer. Authorities are investigating how the CD found its way into the computer drive. Read more on My San Antonio.
TX: Resident Finds Unshredded Copies of Personal Documents in Apartment Dumpster
Alicia Neaves reports: On Tuesday morning, a resident of the Palms Apartments in Odessa made a disturbing discovery. […] NewsWest 9 remained with the resident until police arrived to pick up the bag. Once officers arrived, apartment management kicked us off the property. To find out if it was the apartment complex who threw these…
Asylum seeker claims she was told to sign waiver after data breach
Paul Farrell reports: A Chinese asylum seeker at Villawood detention centre says an immigration department officer threatened to force her on to a plane for deportation if she did not sign a document waiving the department’s responsibility for harm she may suffer if she was returned to China after a massive data breach. Read more…