Sarah Haas reports: West County School District announced on Friday that, although it had experienced a possible data breach between Oct. 6 and Nov. 20 last year, to date it’s had no reports from anyone affected by that unauthorized access of information on a computer server used for summer school. Read more on Daily Journal…
A bug in Joe Biden’s campaign app gave anyone access to millions of voter files
Zack Whittaker reports: A privacy bug in Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s official campaign app allowed anyone to look up sensitive voter information on millions of Americans, a security researcher has found. The campaign app, Vote Joe, allows Biden supporters to encourage friends and family members to vote in the upcoming U.S. presidential election by uploading their phone’s…
Hackers tried to slip Trojan viruses into St. Louis County’s website, but never got in, IT director says
Jeremy Kohler reports: St. Louis County government’s information technology staff took down the county website on Sept. 1 after discovering attacks on its server designed to take control of the site, the IT director said Monday. They were able to respond to the threat before the hackers could succeed, acting IT director Charles Henderson said…
West Mifflin Area School District recalls student devices for ‘urgent security updates’
I wonder how many districts are going through this same thing this month. Lacretia Wimbley reports: The West Mifflin Area School District is recalling all district-issued student computers for “urgent security updates” beginning Monday. In a letter sent home to parents last week, officials said the school district’s technology department is working with tech vendors to…
Veterans’ Social Security numbers leaked in data breach
Corinne Reichert reports: The personal information of around 46,000 veterans was exposed during a hack, the US Department of Veterans Affairs said Monday. One of the online apps for the VA Financial Services Center “was accessed by unauthorized users” who diverted payments that were meant to go to health care providers for veterans’ medical treatment. The…
UK: Over 18K COVID-19 Patients’ Data Mistakenly Exposed by NHS Trust
David Bisson reports: A National Health Service (NHS) Trust revealed that it had mistakenly uploaded the personal information of over 18,000 people who had previously tested positive for coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19). On September 14, Public Health Wales announced in a web statement that the data breach had occurred back on the afternoon of August 30, 2020. Read…