Collaborate Disseminate
First, we have this “human error” mistake with email to report today. Hamish McNeilly reports: An email containing the names of vulnerable children was mistakenly sent to other parents and guardians, prompting an apology from Te Whatu Ora S… Continue reading Two more breaches involving email gaffes: one by a NZ hospital, one by Fortinet
Today’s “No Need to Hack When It’s Leaking” episode is actually an update on a leak where DataBreaches did not name the entity at the time because the leak had not been secured. It still hasn’t been secured. Now the entit… Continue reading No Need to Hack When It’s Leaking.. and Leaking… and Leaking…
Jeremiah Fowler writes: Cybersecurity Researcher, Jeremiah Fowler, discovered and reported to vpnMentor about a non-password protected database that contained approximately 2.3 million records. Upon further investigation, it became clear that these rec… Continue reading No Need to Hack When It’s Leaking, Monday edition: Dating App That Claims 50 Million Users Suffered a Data Breach
Bradley Jolly reports: A sex abuse survivor is one of “around 400” victims of a “chilling” data breach, it tonight has emerged. The London Mayor’s Office blunder, currently under investigation, involves complaints about po… Continue reading UK: Sex abuse victim’s details could be among hundreds revealed by data breach
Cat Zakrzewski reports: The Federal Trade Commission has opened an expansive investigation into OpenAI, probing whether the maker of the popular ChatGPT bot has run afoul of consumer protection laws by putting personal reputations and data at risk. The… Continue reading FTC investigates OpenAI over data leak and ChatGPT’s inaccuracy
Jeremiah Fowler reports finding a non-secured database with more than 25,000 records, many with sensitive information: The unsecured database contained internal screenshots of source code as well as customer documents that were stored in uploads folder… Continue reading No need to hack when it’s leaking, Saturday edition: Translation service leaked 25k records
As reported by vx-underground on Telegram: Tigo, a live video and chatting app for Android and iPhone, accidentally exposed 100,000,000+ user messages online. The app is mostly known for dating & for dudes being thirsty. vx-underground provided the… Continue reading Vido and chatting app leaks more than 100 million user messages
CBC News reports: When Kelsey Puddister-Collins opened an email from Newfoundland and Labrador Fertility Services on Tuesday, she said she was mortified to see the names and email addresses of over 100 people on the email list. Puddister-Collins’… Continue reading Over 100 fertility patients had data breached by N.L. Health Services
Email errors are still a thing. Here’s an apology by Tokyo Tech to 10,000 of its currently enrolled students: A file containing personal information of currently enrolled Tokyo Tech students was attached mistakenly to an email sent on the aftern… Continue reading Jpn: Notice of apology: Email containing current student information mistakenly sent to currently enrolled students
A systems error involving the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) resulted in 2,632 Health-e-Arizona Plus household accounts having their data accidentally exposed to others accessing the website. The breach was discovered on May 11, b… Continue reading 2,632 Medicaid members in Arizona being notified of data leak