KMOV reports: Saint Louis University officials say someone may have accessed protected health information of thousands of people after a possible security breach in early August. According to school officials, some SLU employees gave out their account information in response to a sophisticated phishing email scam they received on July 25. An investigation revealed someone…
Region of Peel announces breach
Press statement by Emil Kolb, Chair of The Region of Peel, Regarding a Breach of Personal Health Information from a Public Health Program: Despite having practices and protocols in place to protect the privacy of our clients, we have had a breach of personal health information that affects more than 18,000 clients who participated in…
Latvia State Employment Agency Hacked, 3000+ Accounts leaked
A hacker using the handle @th3W1n5t0n has just posted a leak of data from the Latvia State Employment Agency. The Latvia State Employment Agency (https://www.nva.gov.lv) is a government owned and operated site for employment services in the European country of Latvia. The leak was announced from twitter and posted to pastebin. @has also tweeted at the Agency’s twitter…
Software Company Tom Sawyer Hacked, 61,000 Vendors Accounts Leaked
A hacker who uses the handle Nairb has been on a leaking streak over the past few days and to continue that they have now dumped information from a software based company. Tom Sawyer produces data visualization, layout, and analysis component software that is designed for use by application developers. Nairb has announced the leak from there…
The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust signs undertaking after sensitive information lost in internal mail.
The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Middlesex has signed an undertaking with the Information Commissioner’s Office following a data protection breach. According to the documentation, the ICO was provided with a report on July 5, 2012 which stated that the trust had been informed that a local newspaper was in possession of 4 two…
Wichita City Vendors Site Hacked, Defaced and Thousands of Vendor Details Leaked
Wichita City, Kansas has fallen victim to hacking after its vendors sub domain was left defaced and data leaked. The site that has been hacked is for the city’s business who wish to sign up as vendors which has resulted in this database being filled with contact information and minor banking information and is a…