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Are TerraCom and YourTel the poster children for how NOT to respond to a breach?

Posted on May 25, 2013 by Dissent

Isaac Wolf reports: A month ago, two phone carriers participating in a federal benefit program were alerted that sensitive customer records, including Social Security numbers and bank-account records, were freely posted online. Now, Oklahoma-based TerraCom Inc. and affiliate YourTel America Inc. — the companies that collected the records — say they don’t plan to notify…

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Who – if anyone – is responsible for notifying victims of some breaches?

Posted on May 18, 2013 by Dissent

I’ve blogged a number of times about how although law enforcement may uncover breaches or data theft, the victims often do not get notified in a timely fashion – if at all.  Here are just a few scenarios where no one may notify people whose data have been stolen: Law enforcement discovers a handwritten list…

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WINZ: privacy breach ‘major stuff up’

Posted on May 18, 2013 by Dissent

Michael Morrah reports on yet another government data breach in New Zealand: There’s been another government breach of privacy. A Work and Income employee has emailed the private details of 34 beneficiaries to another claimant by mistake. Even WINZ bosses are calling this breach a “major stuff up”. It’s the latest in a series of…

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Titanic Belfast web site data leak

Posted on May 18, 2013 by Dissent

If you tried to obtain tickets to the Game of Thrones exhibition through the Titanic Belfast web site, some of your data personal may have leaked. See this BBC report.

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Senators Tester, Baucus: EPA’s release of personal information “unacceptable”

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Dissent

Montana Senators Jon Tester and Max Baucus are demanding that the EPA take immediate action to better protect the personal information of Montana ranchers after the agency accidentally released livestock producers’ names, addresses, and telephone numbers – not once, but twice. In response to a public information request, the EPA mistakenly distributed the personal information…

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Bloomberg ‘Leaked Over 10,000 Private Messages’

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Dissent

As if Bloomberg wasn’t getting enough bad press already, they reportedly also had a data breach. Tom Brewster of TechWeekEurope reports: Bloomberg is in hot water over privacy again, after it was claimed the company had left over 10,000 private messages sent by its customers online. The revelations come at a bad time for Bloomberg,…

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