Tom Jackson reports: Norwalk’s mayor says city officials regret mailing out thousands of postcards that list the Social Security numbers of local taxpayers. City officials have asked the recipients to destroy the cards, and they’ve already mailed out substitute cards that omit the sensitive numbers. “Obviously, we’re very sorry and we wish it had never happened,”…
Category: Exposure
Update: eBenefits breach caused by software update
The Department of Veterans Affairs has issued an update to the recent eBenefits portal breach, previously reported here, here, and here. Their statement: As you may be aware, the eBenefits web portal was shut down for a period of time earlier this month, and a limited number of Veterans had some of their private information…
California sues Kaiser over data breach
Tish Kraft reports an update to a breach previously reported on this blog: California’s attorney general sued Kaiser for unfair competition related to 20,539 employee Social Security numbers being found on a hard drive sold at a thrift store. Attorney General Kamala D. Harris, on behalf of the people of California, sued Kaiser Foundation Health…
Documents found in dumpster; personal information exposed
Kristine Harrington reports from Globe, Arizona: The search is on for the person who dumped piles of personal information in a public recycling bin in Globe. The documents are sensitive, and include court paperwork containing names, case numbers, and other confidential details. The woman who came across the papers prefers to remain anonymous. She came…
CT: Tax forms for 27,000 people contain the personal info of others
Ah, the reports of printing and mailing errors on tax forms are starting a bit early this year. Rob Polansky reports: The Connecticut Department of Labor said Friday that tax forms mailed to 27,000 individuals contained information related to other taxpayers. The department admitted the printing error on the 1099-G forms for people who collected…
Same day, different email attachment gaffe
And yet another email attachment gaffe to report today, this one involving Apex Systems, whose employee accidentally appended a spreadsheet with employees’ names, Social Security numbers, and salary information to an email sent on December 1. The mistake was discovered on December 24. The notification sent to Maryland’s Attorney General and affected employees does not…