Update and Correction: The Bradley Foundation told local news in Wisconsin that the contribution letter is a fake, a possibility that had previously been raised by an alert commenter (see comments below post). The foundation had not responded to an inquiry from DataBreaches.net prior to publication asking them if they had any comment or statement on…
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Assemblywoman’s Orange County campaign office burglarized; voter data stolen
AP reports: Thirty tablets and a laptop computer were stolen over the weekend from the Orange County campaign office of Republican Assemblywoman Young Kim, a spokesman said Monday. […] The tablets were used for neighborhood canvassing and contained private information about voters, though thieves would need a password to access it, Gilliard said. Read more…
More than 5,000 people exposed in Habitat for Humanity data breach
Dell Cameron reports: A massive data breach earlier this month at Habitat for Humanity exposed the personal information of thousands of individuals, including their Social Security numbers. Habitat for Humanity of Michigan’s virtual hard drive backups, which contained more than 400GB of information, were discovered online by an Austin-based security researcher in early October. The…
Australia’s biggest data breach sees 1.3m records leaked
Allie Coyne reports: More than one million personal and medical records of Australian citizens donating blood to the Red Cross Blood Service have been exposed online in the country’s biggest and most damaging data breach to date. A 1.74 GB file containing 1.28 million donor records going back to 2010, published to a publicly-facing website,…
Russian Hackers Faked Gmail Password Form To Invade DNC Email System
Sheera Frenkel reports: Russian hackers used emails disguised to look as Gmail security updates to hack into the computers of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) and members of Hillary Clinton’s top campaign staff, according to a report by the SecureWorks cybersecurity company. The emails, which were sent to DNC and Clinton staff from March 10, appeared almost…
AU: Attackers exploiting CBA health fund data breach
Allie Coyne reports: The not-for-profit health fund that services Commonwealth Bank staff is warning customers not to click on dodgy emails after attackers stole customer data from one of its third-party partners. CBHS was established in 1951 by the Commonwealth Bank as a health fund for the bank’s staff. It later separated from CBA and opened up its…