Category Archives: Exposure

Outrage at massive police data breach that saw the personal details of more than 10,000 PSNI officers and staff accidentally published online

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Daisy Graham-Brown reports: Police in Northern Ireland have been involved in a data breach ‘of monumental proportions’ affecting thousands of officers and civilian staff. The major breach reportedly involves names, ranks and other personal … Continue reading Outrage at massive police data breach that saw the personal details of more than 10,000 PSNI officers and staff accidentally published online→

NZ privacy commissioner learnt about ‘serious’ breach from the media

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Jonathan Killick reports: The Privacy Commissioner is “frustrated” to have learnt about a “serious” privacy breach through the media, relating to the email addresses of 147 firearms owners being spilled. In July, it was reported that the email addresse… Continue reading NZ privacy commissioner learnt about ‘serious’ breach from the media→

School Accreditation Organization Data Breach Exposed Sensitive Information on Students, Parents, and Teachers Online

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Seen on WebsitePlanet: Cybersecurity Researcher, Jeremiah Fowler, discovered and reported to WebsitePlanet a non-password protected database that contained 680k records. Upon further investigation, it was identified that these records were related to e… Continue reading School Accreditation Organization Data Breach Exposed Sensitive Information on Students, Parents, and Teachers Online→

VirusTotal: We’re sorry someone fat-fingered and exposed 5,600 users

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Jessica Lyons Hardcastle reports: VirusTotal today issued a mea culpa, saying a blunder earlier this week by one of its staff exposed information belonging to 5,600 customers, including the email addresses of US Cyber Command, FBI, and NSA employees. T… Continue reading VirusTotal: We’re sorry someone fat-fingered and exposed 5,600 users→

Hundreds of children’s medical documents found along Cape Coral streets

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Justin Kase and Rachel Murphy report: Hundreds of children’s private records were littered along the streets of Cape Coral. Police picked up most of the documents after they were reported Friday. Read more at WINK News. From the transcript and the vide… Continue reading Hundreds of children’s medical documents found along Cape Coral streets→

Two more breaches involving email gaffes: one by a NZ hospital, one by Fortinet

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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→

No Need to Hack When It’s Leaking, Monday edition: Dating App That Claims 50 Million Users Suffered a Data Breach

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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→

UK: Sex abuse victim’s details could be among hundreds revealed by data breach

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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→

FTC investigates OpenAI over data leak and ChatGPT’s inaccuracy

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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→