Remember that breach that the University of North Carolina at Charlotte disclosed back in February? Well, they’ve finally released some details and it’s a doozy. Chris Dyches reports: An investigation into the incident shows that financial account numbers and approximately 350,000 social security numbers were included among the exposed data. The exposure has been remediated, officials…
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FL: DCF warns child care workers of possible computer security breach
Oh ffs: another state agency that failed to adequately secure data online. WFTV reports: The Department of Children and Families sent out letters to 100,000 child care workers statewide about a possible breach in security. WFTV learned that the employees’ personal information was stored online, but it wasn’t password protected. […] The vendor that stores…
Vol State: Personal information found vulnerable for 14,000 students, faculty
About 14,000 students, former students and faculty at Volunteer State Community College in Gallatin had personal information placed on a web server that was not secure. The files placed on the web included names and Social Security numbers, but university officials say there is no evidence that any of that information has been accessed or…
Columbia U. notifies faculty and proprietors that their SSN and bank account numbers were exposed on the Internet for two years
A reader kindly alerted me to the fact that Columbia University sent out breach notices last week. The letter, dated April 21, informed recipients that 3,000 current and former employees, as well as 500 sole proprietors had their names, addresses, Social Security numbers and bank account numbers exposed on the Internet. The names of…
UK: After drive with client data sold on the Internet, Safe and Secure Insurance Services signs undertaking to improve data protection
Safe and Secure Insurance Services Limited in the U.K. apparently wasn’t that safe and secure. The Information Commissioner’s Office had the firm sign an undertaking after a hard drive containing their clients’ data was purchased over the Internet. The documents on the drive mainly consisted of insurance quotes and application forms dating from 2009 –…
Texas Error Exposed Over 13 Million Millions of Voters’ Social Security Numbers (updated)
I don’t know how he is on other issues, but Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is one of the most active AG’s when it comes to pursuing those who dump data or don’t secure it properly. I can only imagine how mortified he must be by this breach, which thankfully, could have been much worse…