Shruti D reports: Kirti Dargan got the shock of her life when she Googled her name on Friday. Kirti, a student of Moti Lal Nehru college, found her personal details, including her residential address, email ID, and mobile number listed online, for everyone to see. How did the 19-year-old land in such a pickle? Kirti…
Category: Exposure
B.C. Lottery relaunches gambling site after costly breach
Emily Jackson reports that the B.C. Lottery Corp. is relaunch its online gambling website, PlayNow. com. A security breach during its debut last month had compromised personal information of 134 players and exposed 12 players’ information to other users. The breach apparently cost them a lot compared to any delay they might have incurred in…
Nl: TV show leaks data
Karin Spaink translates another breach: Breekijzer is a by now defunct tv show to which people could send their complaints about companies, institutes and government bodies; the program would select some of these complaints and attempt to help the complainers. All (or most) of the complaints that Breekijzer received are stored in an online database;…
Personal Information Of Some Tulsa Employees Revealed After Documents Left On Curb
Lori Fullbright reports: Documents containing names, social security numbers and salaries from employees of dozens of companies, including some in Tulsa, were left sitting on a curb in an Edmond, Oklahoma neighborhood. That was a couple years ago. A husband and wife saw the storage containers on the curb and decided to pick them up….
Anthem responds to The Plain Dealer story
Sheryl Harris of The Plain Dealer recently took Anthem to task over a recently disclosed breach and suggests that it may be linked to at least two cases of fraud reported by Ohioans: […] How do two men who have never taken out payday loans wind up on a list of cash-advance frequent fliers? The…
NY: Rent-a-Center papers with personal info found on Buffalo road
Eli George reports: Top secret personal information was found scattered to the wind. That’s right; it happened again. Paperwork containing private financial information was found in the street. It’s hard enough protecting personal information, but when it’s out on the street, for anyone to see, it’s impossible. Well, let’s just say two young women were…