The Canadian Press reports: A new study suggests nearly 90 per cent of Canadian organizations suffered at least one security breach last year and sensitive data was exposed almost half of the time. The survey found that one in five breaches was classified as “high impact” because sensitive customer or employee information was exposed. Read…
California DMV worker used driver’s license records to steal identities, federal government says
Sam Stanton reports: A worker at California’s Department of Motor Vehicles, which is the subject on an ongoing federal bribery probe into the misuse of department computer files, has been accused of using driver’s license records in an elaborate mail and identity theft case. Sarah Laray Sandoval, 39, was a DMV employee with access to…
Sued by Aetna over botched mail notifications, KCC fires back, suing Aetna
“I sue you, You sue me, We both sue too easily. Too easily to let it show. I sue you and that’s all I know.” — wrote Art Garfunkel never. Alison Frankel reports: A day after Aetna sued the claims administrator Kurtzman Carson Consultants for exposing confidential medical information about Aetna clients in a settlement…
Voter, Bee databases hit with ransomware attack
Adam Ashton reports: Two Sacramento Bee databases on a third-party computer server were seized last month by an anonymous hacker who demanded The Bee pay a ransom in Bitcoin to get the data back. The intrusion, which was discovered by a Bee employee last week, exposed one database containing California voter registration data from the…
NC: Thomasville employees’ SSN accidentally released in public records request screw-up
Here we go again. Another public records request where someone sent out records without proper redaction. This time, it’s nearly 270 employees of the city of Thomasville who had their SSN disclosed improperly and then uploaded to Facebook. The city will give them credit monitoring. FOX8 has the story.
Accident recovery firm employee who sold personal data to nuisance callers is fined
A former worker at an accident repair firm who downloaded and sold the personal data of motorists to nuisance callers has been fined. Phillip Bagnall, 33, of Scotta Road, Eccles, Greater Manchester, was an employee of Nationwide Accident Repair Services Limited (NARS) when he was found to be accessing suspicious volumes of customer data from…