Chris Mazzolini reports: The Social Security numbers of 163 New Hanover County property owners were mistakenly published on the county website for anyone to see. The lists containing the numbers were removed from the site Tuesday so county officials could scrub them from the data, said Chairman Jason Thompson, who learned that the numbers were…
Category: Exposure
Dutch student loan site exposes loan data to other students
A story (in Dutch) on RTLNieuws.nl seems to be reporting that students who logged in to the DUO web site could not only see their own data, but could see other students’ loan amounts and where they are studying. If anyone can provide a better English translation or provide more detail (in English, please!), please…
Richmond school system inadvertently sent e-mail with personal data
Jeremy Slayton reports that an employee of the Richmond Public Schools sent an email on Tuesday morning that inadvertently contained personal information, including SSN, of almost 110 employees. The e-mail was sent out to all Richmond public school staff — about 3,300 employees — around 9:15 Tuesday morning. Less than an hour passed before the…
U.S. Workers Are on Alert After Breach of Data
Ashley Southall reports: Federal workers at the General Services Administration are on alert against identity theft after an employee sent the names and Social Security numbers of the agency’s entire staff to a private e-mail address.The agency, which manages federal property, employs more than 12,000 people. Officials apologized to employees for the incident in a letter dated…
IN: Salvager finds personnel files in trash
Phil Sanchez reports: He thought it was trash, but it turned out to be a whole lot more.A file cabinet filled with dozens of files containing people’s personal information was dumped in a dumpster behind a Shelbyville gas station. A teenager found it last week. His father called police and 24-Hour News 8. “It’s metal,…
NJ: Private Seton Hall University student data exposed in e-mail
Personal information of 1,500 seniors – contained in an e-mail attachment – was accidentally sent to 400 students on Tuesday. The e-mail attachment, which was an Excel spreadsheet, listed the students’ names, home addresses, e-mail addresses, student identification numbers, majors, credit hours and grade point averages, according to a “Security Incident” e-mail sent Tuesday evening…