Christine Donnelly reports: The publication of customer details online by managed security services provider Omniquad has been blamed on a glitch in its helpdesk software. Daniel Sobstel, managing director of Omniquad, said the system was taken offline within several minutes of thedata breach being brought to his attention last Monday. Read more on ChannelWeb. Privacy International…
Category: Exposure
AmeriCorps notifies participants and applicants of security breach
Aliya Sternstein reports: The government has mailed out letters to AmeriCorps participants and applicants informing them that personal information may have been breached due to flaws in the program’s website, federal officials announced on Friday. The security weaknesses date back to 2006, they said. Each year, the federal AmeriCorps program offers more than 70,000 citizens…
Ca: Tax documents dumped in back lane
CBC News reports on a breach in Winnipeg: Garbage bags filled with confidential financial information were found blowing around in a North End back lane Tuesday, and people living in the area say they’re furious about it. The bags contained tax return documents that include people’s names, social insurance numbers and in many cases, addresses…
Mississippi National Guard investigating data breach
Shelia Byrd of The Associated Press reports: The Mississippi National Guard is investigating the extent of a security breach after nearly 3,000 active members’ personnel records, including social security numbers, were posted online for several weeks. […] The National Guard and the AP were notified about the breach by Aaron Titus, information privacy director of…
Improper disposal of confidential client records earns lawyer (only?) a public reprimand
Here’s a follow-up on a breach involving paper records, but I don’t think I ever knew of this breach at the time it occurred, although it reminds me of a similar breach where a psychologist’s adult children did something similar. Leigh Jones reports: An Indiana adoption lawyer whose client files were scattered in the wind…
UK: Comet draws fire over data protection
A useful reminder to take a breath after a mistake lest you compound your problems: Electricals retailer Comet faces an investigation by the data protection watchdog after it accidentally sold a TV set on its website for 2p, and then revealed the email addresses of more than 500 people who took advantage of the bargain…