BBC reports: Fans buying tickets for Adele’s tour have told the BBC they were shown the address and credit card details of customers other than themselves. Advance tickets were made available to members of Adele.com on Tuesday morning. But several fans said they were shown other people’s shopping baskets, including payment details, when they tried…
Data Breach on VTech Learning Lodge (update)
Issued by VTECH today: VTech Holdings Limited noted that an unauthorized party accessed VTech customer data housed on our Learning Lodge app store database on 14 November 2015. Learning Lodge allows our customers to download apps, learning games, e-books and other educational content to their VTech products. Upon discovering the unauthorized access on 24 November…
Triple-S Management Corporation Settles HHS Charges by Agreeing to $3.5 Million HIPAA Settlement
Congratulations. You’re on one of the few sites that reported on some concerning breaches in the healthcare sector involving Triple-S, a licensee of Blue Cross Blue Shield in Puerto Rico. I first reported on them in 2010, including the $100K fine they were handed, and then I reported on them twice in 2014, including when they were handed a $6.4M…
Private Internet Access notifies customers of IP Address Leak Vulnerability
If you use Private Internet Access, you should have a notification in your inbox. Here’s the text of the email they sent out today: Dear Valued Customer, On November 17, we were privately notified of an IP address leak vulnerability affecting the port forwarding feature of our service. Essentially, anyone connecting to a forwarded port on…
In: Lucknow University student data hacked; uni admits loss but denies hack
TNN reports: Lucknow University has lost all the data of students who had filled in the online application to appear for back paper and improvement examination after the university’s examination website was hacked two days ago. Read more on Times of India. It’s interesting that Times of India would be so firm in declaring that…
AU: Queensland cop suspended for improper access to police computers
AAP reports that a 33-year-old north Queensland female police officer has been suspended for accessing confidential information on police computers. Read more on news.com.au, although there’s no details as to why she allegedly improperly accessed confidential information.