Right before Christmas, the County of San Diego Benefits Division discovered that some employees’ personal information had been inadvertently shared with Wells Fargo. The problem arose when the county sent personal information of those employees enrolling in a Wells Fargo Health Savings Account. A programming error by the county’s service provider, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Services, resulted in the additional transmission…
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Earbits.com Leaks 325,000 User Credentials: Misconfigured Database
DataBreaches.net seems to have lost a source, but gained a resource. 🙂 Chris Vickery is now blogging his discoveries over on MacKeeper. His first post was about a misconfigured database leaking 325,000 Earbits users’ info as well as admin credentials: We’re talking about everything from real names, email addresses, and SHA1 password hashes (with accompanying…
Compromised email account exposed patient info from Brigham and Women’s and Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospitals
Brigham and Women’s and Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospitals, who reported a phishing incident in April 2015, are reporting another incident involving the compromise of an employee’s email account. How the login credentials were compromised is not reported. In a statement posted to their website, they provide other details: On November 13, 2015, Brigham learned that…
Delco contractor hijacks website, steals thousands for project he didn’t start – District Attorney
Daniel Craig reports: A Delaware County contractor is being accused of stealing thousands of dollars from homeowners for a project he never started and illegally taking over a website he was hired to create in order to do so. Prosecutors announced the charges against 39-year-old Vincent Cottrell of the 1200 block of Foss Avenue in…
IN: Tax documents found in dumpster, lying on ground
Paris Lewbel reports that people’s tax returns were found in a dumpster and on the ground behind a strip mall in Indianapolis. The Indiana Attorney General’s Office has opened an investigation into the incident, which may be linked to a nearby and unnamed tax preparation service: Two employees at a nearby tax preparation service –…
Nursing Assistant Fired, Charged After Posting Nude Video of 93-Year-Old on Snapchat
by Charles Ornstein ProPublica, Jan. 19, 2016, 1:36 p.m. A former nursing assistant at a Wisconsin assisted-living facility has been charged with a felony for allegedly taking a video of a mostly naked resident and posting it on Snapchat — the latest in a series of cases in which dehumanizing photos of seniors have been…