Amazing what online search, social media profiles, a DMV database and cameras everywhere can turn up about us.
Tag Archives: pii
Amtrak breached, some customers’ logins and PII potentially exposed
The US rail service hasn’t disclosed the number of passengers affected in a 16 April breach.
Scammers target COVID-19 CARES Act relief scheme
US states are being flooded by fraudulent unemployment applications in a scam run by a sophisticated cybergang.
Woman stalked by sandwich server via her COVID-19 contact tracing info
She wanted a sub, not Facebook, Instagram and SMS come-ons from the guy who served her and intercepted her contact-tracing details.
Adult live-streaming site CAM4 leaks millions of emails, private chats
The leak exposed millions of records with full names, emails, user conversations, payment logs, and IP addresses dating back to March.
Reveal the identities of alleged pirates, court tells ISP
It’s not the first ISP to be held accountable for alleged piracy: Cox is looking at a $1b damage order.
Password-free database of exercise app Kinomap leaks 42m user records
It’s like a cloud of personal information breathed out in a plume by a database that didn’t bother to wear a mask.
309 million Facebook users’ phone numbers (and more) found online
First, 267m records were exposed & sold for 0.0002 cents each on the Dark Web. It was taken down but got reposted with yet more records.
Two schoolkids sue Google for collecting biometrics
The suit is about biometrics and children’s privacy in Google’s education apps, which are suddenly, wildly popular now due to COVID-19.
Watch out for the new wave of COVID-19 scams, warns IRS
If somebody promises to get your economic impact payment fast, back away: it’s just one flavor of COVID-19 scam the tax agency is seeing.