Rory McKeown reports: Claims have been made that Southwest One published security passwords for every school website in the county online. An unnamed source contacted this website claiming someone from the venture allegedly performed the “massive security breach” while updating the website itsc.co. uk. They allege security passwords for every school in Somerset and other…
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MO: Open postal truck scatters mail for 70 miles
Leslie Tripp reports: Hundreds of pieces of mail fluttered onto interstates in eastern Missouri Sunday after the back door of a contractor’s semi carrying mail for the U.S. Postal Service popped open. The mail was scattered along 70 miles of highway near St. Louis, according to Postal Inspector Dan Taylor, who said the tractor-trailer was…
6,500 Blues members’ personal info exposed (updated)
Melissa Burden reports: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan is notifying about 6,500 members whose personal, but non-medical information was exposed on a third-party website, the insurer said today. The nonprofit health insurer said the breach involved a website created by Harper Woods-based Tstream Software, which was doing work on behalf of Warren-based Agent Benefits…
KY: Information on Green River District Health Department patients exposed on the Web for months
James Mayse reports for the Messenger-Inquirer: The names, Social Security numbers and dates of birth of thousands of people who visited the Green River District Health Department were available unsecured online for months, at least since October. But the company maintaining the computer database fixed the problem immediately Wednesday evening after being notified by the…
“Ugg Got Hacked: Sheepskin Boot Security Compromised Worldwide”
Well, no, that’s the headline on Racked, but what happened is the SilverPop breach we heard so much about last month. Racked has uploaded an image of UGG Australia’s notification to its customers, which names SilverPop and notes that customer information in the database included names, email addresses, and geographic information (city, country, zip code)….
UConn Customer Database Hacked (updated)
Bob Connors reports: UConn is warning thousands of customers who bought items on it’s HuskiesDirect.com HuskyDirect.com website that their personal information may have been exposed in a data security breach. A hacker obtained access to the HuskiesDirect.com HuskyDirect.com database containing billing information for 18,000 customers. The website is used by people to buy sports gear from…