Some Japanese universities found out the hard way about the risks of networked multifunction printers: Personal information on students and other university members, which is read by and stored in all-in-one machines at the University of Tokyo and two other universities, was left accessible to the public via the Internet, it has been learned. The…
Category: Exposure
Adobe breach even bigger than we knew
Yes, the Adobe breach is back in the news as some have discovered that a data dump posted online contains the email addresses, encrypted passwords and password hints stored in clear text from 152 million Adobe user accounts. Embarrassingly, one report notes that 1.9 million Adobe users used “123456” as their password.
MN: Auditor says slack procedures contributed to MNsure breach
Jackie Crosby reports: The state’s Office of the Legislative Auditor said Thursday that a data privacy breach at MNsure involving 1,600 Social Security numbers was unintentional, but that slack internal procedures at the new health insurance exchange agency “contributed directly” to the disclosure. In a 22-page report, Legislative Auditor Jim Nobles found “no evidence of…
AU: Hunter United Credit Union admits it tried to avoid embarrassment over email privacy breach
So you goofed and disclosed customers’ e-mail addresses in the To: or CC: field. Should you: (a) immediately acknowledge the gaffe, or (b) say nothing and hope that people don’t notice? Hint: the correct answer is (a).
NZ: Westpac remains tight-lipped about privacy incident
Jimmy Ellingham has update on a breach first reported back in April. Westpac remains tight-lipped about a privacy breach where customer details went walkabout from one of its Palmerston North branches. The bank will not confirm if it has told affected customers what happened. Meanwhile, the man who was accused of taking documents has not…
HealthCare.gov has already had a privacy breach – report. Get it together, folks.
It seems like healthcare.gov has had a security breach already in which limited personal information from two applicants was disclosed to another applicant. Kelsey Harris and Rob Bluey report: Justin Hadley logged on to HealthCare.gov to evaluate his insurance options after his health plan was canceled. What he discovered was an apparent security flaw that disclosed eligibility letters addressed…