K.C. Vijayan reports: The Cellar Door, a well-known local seller of gourmet products, has been fined $5,000 for failing to protect the personal data of some of its customers and users from being posted on another website without authorisation. Its website host, Global Interactive Works (GIW), was fined $3,000 by the Personal Data Protection Commission…
Category: Subcontractor
US government subcontractor leaks confidential military personnel data
Charlie Osborne reports: A Pentagon subcontractor has exposed reams of highly sensitive details belonging to active military healthcare professionals online, some of which hold top-secret security clearances. Potomac Healthcare Solutions, a subcontractor brought on board to supply healthcare professionals to the US government and military organizations through its Washington, DC.-based contractor Booz Allen Hamilton, was…
Data breach affects almost 400,000 Community Health Plan members (UPDATE2)
Bob Young reports: Almost 400,000 current and former members of the Community Health Plan of Washington have had personal information, including Social Security numbers, exposed in a data breach. The nonprofit, which provides health insurance through Medicaid in Washington, is sending letters to 381,534 individuals Wednesday notifying them of the invasion and steps they can…
Massive Australian Taxation Office data loss feared after Hewlett Packard Enterprise equipment crash
Fleur Anderson and Paul Smith report: The Australian Taxation Office has restored access to some of its online services, but concerns remain that large amounts of data have been lost after it suffered a “world-first” technical glitch to equipment from Hewlett Packard Enterprise more than 24 hours earlier. Tax officials were reportedly told to work…
Nevada Court Says Juror ID Information Compromised
LasVegasNOW reports that an employee of A&B Printing & Mailing LLC, a printing company the courts use to send out jury summons, may have engaged in wrongdoing: Court officials said Thursday they notified 380 people that their personal identity information may have been released without authorization by a company hired to print juror summonses. […]They said…
OptumHealth New Mexico notifies 2,006 members of breach
On Nov. 17, OptumHealth New Mexico began notifying members that a flash drive, mailed by an unnamed vendor on September 16, was discovered on September 26 to have been lost in the postal mail. From their FAQ on the incident: The information contained on the flash drive included individuals’ name and a full or partial date of birth,…