SafetyDetective reports: SafetyDetective’s research lab discovered a leak online that exposed an elastic server containing 3GB of data with over 1.6 million users affected. We informed the apparent owners of this database as soon as we were able to identify them. Because we did not receive a response from the owner of the database, we…
Personal information of 160 students exposed for three weeks on Temple website
Kelly Brennan reports: The personal information of 160 Temple University students was exposed after an employee accidentally uploaded a document containing information like dates of birth, cell phone numbers and passport information to a public university website. An employee in Temple’s Risk Management office uploaded the document to the Temple University Travel Registry Site on…
Ca: Patient data stolen during theft at Red Deer hospital
Mamta Lulla reports: Alberta Health Services is notifying 6,129 patients that their health information may have been viewed by someone other than their authorized care providers. The measure follows the theft of two hard drives contained in equipment in the rehabilitation department at Red Deer Hospital during a break-in in April. Read more on Red…
Dublin Port Company investigates data leak
RTÉ reports: The Dublin Port Company has confirmed it has launched an investigation into the source of the data leak to establish how it occurred and by whom it was carried out. This follows recent media reports regarding the company, detailing expenditure on credit cards. Read more on RTÉ
Australian Catholic University suffers data breach impacting the personal details of its staff
Cyware reports: The Australian Catholic University has suffered a fresh wave of cyberattack that resulted in the compromise of personal details of its staff. This is the second significant security breach that has occurred in a month at one of the country’s tertiary institutions. Read more on Cyware.
Thanks to Equifax breach, 4 US agencies don’t properly verify your data, GAO finds
Alfred Ng reports: Multiple government agencies are relying on a security measure that can be easily bypassed thanks to massive breaches like the Equifax hack, the US Government Accountability Office has found. In a report released Friday, the government watchdog group found that the US Postal Service, the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Social Security…