Reuters reports: Some internal Bank of America files obtained by WikiLeaks have been destroyed, according to a former close collaborator of Julian Assange, the whistleblowing website’s founder. In an email to Reuters, Daniel Domscheit-Berg, who last year was fired by Assange as WikiLeaks’ co-spokesman, confirmed that he had destroyed “roundabout” 3,000 submissions WikiLeaks received related…
(follow-up) TX Comptroller’s breach: few sign up for credit monitoring
Barry Harrell has a follow-up on the Texas Comptroller’s breach that affected 3.5 million Texans. I was interested to read that 100,000 people signed up for the offered credit protection monitoring, which is less than 3% of those offered it – at a cost to the state of $600,480. The state had originally offered those…
Family Says Caretaker's Lap Dance for Alzheimer's Patient Was Posted on YouTube
Julia Filip reports on a lawsuit in Alabama: The family of a 97-year-old Alzheimer’s patient claims a caretaker did a lap dance for the demented man and posted the video on YouTube, invading his privacy and inflicting outrage, shame and humiliation for the purpose of entertainment. The Donaldson family sued Mount Royal Towers nursing home,…
Confidential Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services documents found blowing in the street; office manager and area director suspended
Robb Hays reports: A large trash bag filled with copies of dozens of social security cards, bank records, birth certificates and other confidential documents was discovered by a passerby on a downtown Baton Rouge street and delivered to the 9NEWS I-TEAM. The paperwork appears to be connected to applicants for various forms of public assistance….
Kr: SK loses more customer information
Kim Mi-ju reports: Cell phone numbers of 38,000 users of a discontinued traffic information service run by an affiliate of SK Group were leaked online and the company said yesterday that it completely deleted related data on Sunday. According to sources, a real-time traffic information text message and Web site service Entrac, operated by SK…
South Korea to tackle online registration ID number leaks
Jianggan Li reports: The Korean government will abolish a system that requires citizens to use their real names and resident registration numbers when posting messages on commenting online. The move is part of the security overhauls currently being planned by Ministry of Public Administration & Security (MOPAS). […] The total number of known leaked resident…