Jordan Tidwell reports: There was an email security breach between county employees’ in Sebastian County on March 15, Sebastian County comptroller Melissa Sinclair said. Sinclair said a payroll administrator sent out an email to a group of county employees containing links to approximately 200 employees’ banking account numbers and routing numbers. The links required a…
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UK: Council blunder exposes personal data on web
Residents in Fylde have had their private details leaked on the internet in a massive security breach by Fylde Council. The council today confirmed that the email addresses of people who took part in a recent consultation had been posted on its website at the weekend. However, victims say details also included mobile phone numbers,…
Blunder reveals Australian lawmakers’ private cell numbers
PhysOrg reports: Private cellphone numbers of most Australian federal lawmakers, their staff and several former prime ministers have been made public after a government department failed to properly remove them from a routine report. The Department of Parliamentary Services on Monday confirmed the blunder in its latest report on lawmakers’ cellphone and internet spending published on its…
UK: Norfolk County Council fined for leaving sensitive files in cabinet sent to second hand shop
From the Information Commissioner’s Office: A county council which left files that included sensitive information about children in a cabinet sent to a second hand shop has been fined £60,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). The breach by Norfolk County Council came to light after social work case files were discovered in a cabinet purchased by…
15 computers with ‘sensitive information’ stolen from Chief Justice Mogoeng’s office
Nic Andersen reports: In our country at the moment, you blink once and there is another crisis. This evening, shocking details have emerged of a very suspicious break-in at the offices of Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng. In the early hours of Saturday morning 15 computers were stolen, in South Africa that may sound normal to you, wait…
UK: 26 million NHS patients’ records in security scare over SystmOne “enhanced data sharing”
Did no one really understand what “enhanced data sharing” would permit until now? Laura Donnelly reports: The medical records of 26 million patients are embroiled in a major security breach amid warnings that the IT system used by thousands of GPs is not secure. The Information Commissioner is investigating concerns that records held by 2,700 practices…