Jeff Nagel reports: More than 270 drivers who have just registered for the new Port Mann Bridge tolling system are being warned a privacy breach may have compromised their accounts. An unauthorized employee who got the job in the Coquitlam service centre under false pretences and took the registrations of affected drivers by phone was…
Category: Subcontractor
Medal of Honor, Distinguished Service Cross recipients’ Social Security numbers exposed on contractor’s server
Joe Gould reports: A defense contractor’s data breach left vulnerable the Army’s most highly decorated soldiers when a comprehensive awards database — including Social Security numbers — was available online, Army Times has learned. The exposed database contains 31 Social Security numbers for six MoH recipients — including former Staff Sgt. Sal Giunta and Sgt….
Stolen laptop contained data from Health Care for All and Boston Teacher’s Union
It just takes a moment. On July 17, an independent contractor for Database Designs Associates left his backpack in a relative’s nursing home room when he was asked by staff to step out for a minute. When he returned, the backpack was gone. In it was a laptop containing data from Health Care for All and…
Data Breach at Boston Water and Sewer Commission
Iran Kantor reports: The Boston Water and Sewer Commission has been informed that a contractor working to upgrade the Commission’s meter reading software is unable to locate a hard drive that may have contained the commission’s water and sewer account information, according to a letter sent out to residents earlier this month. The missing drive…
BMO Harris Bank notifies customers after laptop stolen from vendor
In the healthcare sector today, Harris County Hospital District reported a breach. In the financial sector, it’s BMO Harris Bank reporting a breach today. Any other Harris’s want to disclose a breach so we can have a Harris breach trifecta? Paul Gores reports: BMO Harris Bank said Thursday it has sent letters to an undisclosed number…
Boston Water and Sewer Commission warns of possible customer info leak
WCVB reports: Boston Water and Sewer Commission officials said customer information could have been leaked due to a missing hard drive. Officials said contractor Aclara Technologies notified them that a hard drive that could contain the Commission’s water and sewer account information is missing. Aclara was using the information to update the Commission’s remote meter…