Monica Balderrama reports that following up on a phone call, KFOX found a box with personal information of hundreds of teachers, students and parents outside of Eastwood Knolls Elementary School in the Ysleta School District. The documents, which included school registration forms, immunization records and copies of birth certificates, as well as a roster with…
Category: Exposure
Some MFS Investment Management account information exposed in online error
On April 1, Massachusetts Financial Services Company notified (pdf) the New Hampshire Attorney General that they were informed by a customer on February 23 that an error in their online tax reporting system allowed Form 1099 tax forms of certain accounts to be viewed by an owner of one or more of these accounts. The…
HK: School website tests show up security lapses
Khushwant Singh of AsiaOne reports that (as elsewhere), many educational institutions in Singapore are inadvertently exposing personal information of students and staff on the web.
(Follow-up) AU: Bottle Domains dumped by auDA over security breach
Card Systems is frequently cited as an example of how costly a breach can be to a business, but in Australia, Bottle Domains may become a similar example. Following a breach that resulted in the theft of personal information on approximately 60,000 people that was put up for sale on the internet, the company has…
Ca: Breach of Confidentiality?
saskatoonhomepage.ca reports that a man who bought surplus boxes from Saskatchewan Government Insurance (SGI) discovered that the boxes were not empty. They contained some insurance files with personal information. The agency is investigating and the privacy commissioner has been notifed.
Bits ‘n Pieces
In the justice system: Ashley Johnson was arrested in Memphis for trying to open a store account under a false name. When police searched her vehicle, they discovered cards in dozens of other identity cards. Johnson allegedly used names and identification numbers she found on employee applications that she took from trash containers behind such…