About 810 residents who had applied for the Massachusetts Commonwealth Solar rebate program had their personal information posted on a government Web site for nearly an hour, according to a notice from the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative. The quasi-public agency that administers the program said a file containing the names, addresses and Social Security numbers of…
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VA: Personal Documents Exposed
Residents of a Norfolk housing project expressed shock and outrage that documents containing their Social Security numbers and salary information were found lying in a field. The documents were from the Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority, and a city spokesman says they were disposed of improperly. […] Hundreds of pages were found over the weekend,…
FBHive.com Facebook Exploit
Here’s how they did it, below. Facebook has since secured the site against this exploit: Facebook Basic Information Exploit from FBHive on Vimeo.
Bits ‘n Pieces
In the justice system: Desire Gordon was indicted on 67 counts of suspicion of stealing at least 34 identities that she allegedly accessed at her job at an unnamed Waltham-based company. Many of the ID theft victims are doctors. Gordon had access to a large database of health care professionals that contained their personal information….
JFY Networks reports security breach
A Boston-based non-profit organization that provides job training, JFYNetWorks, has notified (pdf) the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office last week of a recent incident: We recently learned of the possible unauthorized access as part of what appears to have been part of a larger attack on our organization, which occurred on June 3, 2009. The…
IE: Bord Gáis customer details on stolen laptops
A laptop computer containing bank account details of 75,000 Bord Gáis customers has been stolen in Dublin. It is understood the confidential information was held on one of four laptops stolen from the offices of Bord Gáis nearly two weeks ago. […] The computer was not encrypted. The incident occurred early on Friday 5 June…