On the principle of “no good deed goes unpunished,” some of those who have discovered and reported breaches have been terminated or prosecuted for their actions, such as Providence Home Services systems analyst Steven Shields who alleged that he was fired for reporting a breach, John Denning who alleges that Kaiser fired him because he…
Category: Exposure
Confidential documents found by Worthing Town Hall bins
Confidential council papers containing residents’ bank details and addresses have been found dumped outside a town hall. The documents also include information about an investigation into flytipping, a bill to a letting agents for cockroach extermination and a document relating to a fraud interview. Read more in The Argus
TX: Personal info found discarded in alley
A man working in an alley made an unusual discovery, dozens of checks written to one restaurant….. NEWSCHANNEL 5 contacted the restaurant where all the checks came from. The Co-Owner of Los Mismos tells NEWSCHANNEL 5 she’s not sure how the checks ended up in the alley 2 blocks from the restaurant. “I was alarmed,…
Medical records found in dumpster
A 2 Wants to Know investigation found 623 medical files in a dumpster, unshredded. The records in question, which contained personal information, social security numbers, and health details, came from Battleground Urgent Care which is now Prompt Med. <blockquote>When News 2’s Ashley Smith asked if the records were from the facility, the President of Prompt…
Police files found in city skip
A police investigation is under way to find out how files containing details of more than 60 people who applied for jobs with the [Police Service of Northern Ireland] ended up in a skip. The documents were discovered by a contractor in Ann Street in Belfast this week and were handed over to DUP Upper…
ROTC computer files found in public domain
A file transfer program erroneously installed on a server in an Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) office at Boston University inadvertently exposed personal information about thousands of people affiliated with the program. University officials say the compromised computer was taken off-line when the breach was identified on July 28; they are working with the…