A group of hackers from the Brazilian Electronic Army have this week leaked a dump of data from the Royal Dutch Shell plc blog (https://royaldutchshellplc.com/) The leak was announced on the 2nd and posted to paste bin and announced over twitter from the BCA Official account @Official_BCE > Royal Dutch – Oli Company Database publish royaldutchshellplc.com #OpFuelStrike…
UK: Pembrokeshire child sex abuse files ‘released in error’
The BBC reports: Allegations that Pembrokeshire council wrongly disclosed sensitive reports about 10 child sex abuse victims to another victim are being investigated. It is claimed the person wanted information about himself, but received private details about others. Read more on BBC. The story was initially reported earlier today in Western Mail, which provides more…
UK: Pembrokeshire child sex abuse files 'released in error'
Cross-posting this from DataBreaches.net… The BBC reports: Allegations that Pembrokeshire council wrongly disclosed sensitive reports about 10 child sex abuse victims to another victim are being investigated. It is claimed the person wanted information about himself, but received private details about others. Read more on BBC. The story was initially reported earlier today in Western Mail, which…
Proposed settlement in lawsuit filed by Winn-Dixie employee against Purchasing Power LLC
Law360.com has an update to the Purchasing Power LLC lawsuit filed by Winn-Dixie employee Patrick Burrows that I’ve blogged about in the past. Burrows had sued Purchasing Power LLC after they had an insider data breach. Law360 reports that Purchasing Power has agreed to pay $430,000 to settle the complaint: In a settlement motion filed…
Vernon Township ordered to pay court costs after suing hapless recipients of employees’ SSN
Remember that ridiculous lawsuit by Vernon Township against individuals to whom it had accidentally released employees’ Social Security numbers? There’s an update. Jessica Masulli Reyes reports: The individuals who received the Social Security numbers of 119 Vernon employees were ordered by a judge to sign certification saying that the confidential information was deleted and not disseminated….
Security Breach at Erlanger Health System has Families Upset
WDEF reports that 87 families received notification from Erlanger Health System after their children’s medical records were found outside Erlanger Hospital. Erlanger says an incident happened on or around January 14th of this year. They tell us they are working with local law enforcement officers and security experts right now to figure out more. Read more…