Davey Winder reports: Sky customers have been reacting with confusion and anger on Twitter as they receive emails from Sky informing them that they need to reset their passwords. Many customers thought, understandably, that this was a phishing email. However, the Sky Help Team responded by telling them that Sky will “occasionally reset the password…
IOM: Manx government loses home care residents’ personal data
BBC reports: Personal information belonging to dozens of vulnerable people receiving government-funded home care on the Isle of Man has been lost. Paper records of phone numbers, names and addresses of 33 adults had been “mislaid”, the Department of Health and Social Care admitted. Codes to access the keys to seven people’s homes were also…
Colombia Orders Uber to Improve Data Security After 2016 Breach
Reuters reports: Colombia has given ride-hailing app Uber Technologies four months to improve its data security, the commerce regulator said on Tuesday, after a 2016 data breach affected more than 260,000 of the South American country’s residents. Last year, Uber agreed to pay a fine of $148 million in a settlement reached in the United…
TN: Data breach of vendor puts personal info of TN high school students at risk
Carley Gordon reports: The Tennessee Higher Education Commission is currently investigating a possible data breach of a 3rd party vendor, that potentially has exposed personal information of thousands of public school students across Tennessee. The Commission is a state organization focused on assisting high school seniors in every element of accessing higher education. The Tennessee Higher…
Personal information for 70,000 Hawaii students potentially compromised
HNN reports: Personal information for as many as 70,000 public school students may have been compromised after a University of Hawaii vendor charged with overseeing a college and career planning website detected “suspicious” unauthorized access to one of its servers. […] The University of Hawaii’s P-20 Partnerships for Education provided the third-party vendor ― Graduation…
QuickBit Confirms Details of More Than 300,000 Customers Were Exposed
Neil Dennis reports: QuickBit, a cryptocurrency exchange listed in Sweden, confirmed on Monday reports of a security breach that left many of its customer records exposed. Reporting for Comparitech, tech writer Paul Bischoff claimed that a database containing more than 300,000 customer records was left open so “anyone online could view its contents”. Read more…