Category Archives: Exposure

NJ: Cancer Care Providers Will Adopt New Security Measures and Pay $425,000 to Settle Investigation into Two Data Breaches

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CONSENT ORDER NEWARK – Acting Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck today announced that the Division of Consumer Affairs has reached a settlement with three New Jersey-based providers of cancer care that the State alleges failed to adequately safeguard pat… Continue reading NJ: Cancer Care Providers Will Adopt New Security Measures and Pay $425,000 to Settle Investigation into Two Data Breaches→

MA: Northeastern Cancels Vaccination Clinics After Third-Party Information Leak

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Jay Willett reports: COVID-19 vaccination clinics scheduled on Northeastern University’s Boston campus have been cancelled following the discovery of registrants’ personal information being exposed by Pelmeds, a third-party vaccine provider… Continue reading MA: Northeastern Cancels Vaccination Clinics After Third-Party Information Leak→

LINE Pay leaks data from approximately 133,000 users to GitHub of all places

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Sunaina reports: LINE Pay, a smartphone payment provider, announced yesterday that between September and November of this year, approximately 133,000 users’ payment details were inadvertently published on GitHub. A research group employee accidentally … Continue reading LINE Pay leaks data from approximately 133,000 users to GitHub of all places→

Tulane University crime data breach exposes health records, sexual assault victims’ names

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Missy Wilkinson Reports: Health records and names of people who visited Tulane University Medical Center’s emergency department, including for attempted suicide. Graphic information about sexual assaults and the identities of the victims, witnesses and… Continue reading Tulane University crime data breach exposes health records, sexual assault victims’ names→

Sensitive information of 30k Florida healthcare workers exposed in unprotected database

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Jonathan Greig reports: More than 30,000 US healthcare workers’ personal information was recently exposed due to a non-password protected database, according to security researcher Jeremiah Fowler and a team of ethical hackers with Website Planet… Continue reading Sensitive information of 30k Florida healthcare workers exposed in unprotected database→

Oops! County explains how driver’s licenses were posted in place of animal adoption photos

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Jakob Emerson reports: Sangamon County Animal Control (SCAC) is embroiled in a community controversy once again. SCAC is responsible for the sharing of uncensored photos of Illinois driver’s licenses to the internet in the place of photos of anim… Continue reading Oops! County explains how driver’s licenses were posted in place of animal adoption photos→

Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet announces data security breach

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Seth Austin reports: The Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet (EEC) announced they discovered a data security breach on September 8, 2021. According to EEC, unredacted mining permit applications containing some mine owners’ and controllers’ personal… Continue reading Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet announces data security breach→

OH: Bay Village school district accidentally releases students’ personal info, including grades, to all families

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Ian Cross reports: Personal information for the entire Bay Village High School senior class, including grades, student ID numbers and test scores, was accidentally emailed to the families of each senior last week, according to a notice sent to families… Continue reading OH: Bay Village school district accidentally releases students’ personal info, including grades, to all families→