John Reynolds reports: THÉRAPIE Clinic, a chain of beauty treatment outlets, is investigating a possible data breach involving patient records. It is believed that patient information that may have included medical records had been accessed or taken without permission by a former employee. Read more on Independent.ie. I was initially surprised that the clinics’ records…
CenturyLinks’ suffers data leak due to vendor error
Tim Sandle reports: CenturyLink has reported that a customer information database of 2.8 million records was found exposed. The database was affiliated with a third-party notification platform and has been exposed for 10 months. With the CenturyLink issue, the personal information of hundreds of thousands on CenturyLink customers, including name, addresses, email addresses, and phone…
Southeast Missouri State University email gaffe breaches privacy
Zach Tate reports in the student newspaper of Southeast Missouri State University: On Oct. 4, an email including information from the College of Humanities and Social Sciences leaked private information about students, faculty and staff members to approximately 50 Southeast communication students. The email was sent with personally identifiable information (PII) to the communication students…
MO: Betty Jean Kerr People’s Health Center discloses ransomware attack; some data not recovered
AP reports: Officials at a St. Louis health center that serves needy, uninsured residents says a cyber-attack has caused a data breach that potentially affected 152,000 people. The Betty Jean Kerr People’s Health Center said Friday that the attack involved patient information such as addresses and social security numbers, but no patient medical records. Information…
Adobe Exposed Data of More Than 7 Million Software Users
Nico Grant reports: Adobe Inc. exposed the data of 7.5 million of its creative-software customers, a person familiar with the matter said, in the latest example of a company leaving consumer information visible on the internet. Adobe addressed the vulnerability the same day it was discovered, Oct. 19, said the person, who asked not to…
Toronto needs to beef up cybersecurity to avoid ‘devastating’ data breach: auditor general
Lauren Pelley reports: Toronto’s auditor general is pushing the city to beef up cybersecurity to avoid a “devastating” data breach. In a report heading to council’s audit committee on Friday, Beverly Romeo-Beehler says the city needs to “strengthen” information technology and security controls, adding little has been done since she brought forward similar concerns three years ago….