Ashley Lopez reports: The Tallahassee Police Department recently released hundreds of police reports involving Florida State University athletes—as well as the personal information of the reporter who requested the records. On Christmas Eve, according to Poynter, the non-profit journalism education center, TPD publicly released ESPN reporter Paula Lavigne’s original request – which included her cell phone…
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Leak of online ticketing data sparks off panic in China
ZeeNews reports: Beijing: A leak of personal information from online train ticket sales ahead of the busiest travel season of the year has spurred public outcry in China over internet vulnerability. The leaked information includes usernames, passwords, emails and a trove of personal data used for buying tickets on the official ticket-selling website of China Railway Corporation (CRC). CRC…
UK: Huge data leak sees personal details of 15,000 Hackney residents published online
Fiona Parker reports: A massive blunder has seen the sensitive personal details of 15,000 Hackney residents – including address, sexuality and rent accounts – leaked online. Bungling council officers have also revealed the age and housing benefit entitlement of Hackney Homes tenants and leaseholders in the botched Freedom of Information request, which was inadvertently published…
UK: PC Katie Murray jailed for leaking Cregan and drugs info to sister and ex-lover
BBC reports: A PC who passed on intelligence about police killer Dale Cregan and planned drugs raids to her sister and drug-dealing former lover has been jailed. Katie Murray, 30, of Dunkirk Street in Droylsden, accessed police computers to get the confidential information. She was found guilty of breaching the Data Protection Act and conspiracy…
KeyPoint suffers computer breach, potentially exposing thousands of federal workers
Drew Hansen reports that one of the companies that took on more background checks for the federal Office of Personnel Management after USIS‘s breach has had its own breach: Federal officials are saying the personal information of thousands of employees has been compromised by a computer breach at KeyPoint Government Solutions Inc., according to reports. The…
VT: DCF email inadvertently shares foster parents’ personal info
Email errors are still not a thing of the past. Shelby Cashman reports: A registered Department for Children and Families foster parent who wants to remain anonymous says she feels violated. Her personal information, including Social Security number, was inadvertently emailed to 34 other foster parents by the Newport family services division of DCF. She is not…