Dan Nolan writes: About a month ago I put my money where my mouth was and built a version of the Paul Keating insult generator for Android (after the iOS version hit number 1 in the Australian App Store [tell your friends]). We sold a few hundred copies on Android in the last month, so…
Category: Breaches
Flickr Admits To A Bug That Made Private Photos Public
Taylor Hatmaker writes: If you’re a Flickr user, you may want to dig through that bulk inbox for an important heads-up from the photo sharing site. Reports have emerged that between Jan. 18 and Feb. 7, a portion of Flickr users’ private photos were made public due to a software bug discovered during routine maintenance. While the photos wouldn’t have…
Elite Dalton School Breaches Privacy—And Gets Away With It
Stephanie Smith reports: Wealthy parents are fuming after the uber-exclusive Dalton School sent out an e-mail naming dozens of kids rejected by the school. Dalton — whose alumni include Anderson Cooper, Chevy Chase, Sean Lennon and Claire Danes — is known for its fiercely competitive admissions process as presided over by the admissions director, Elizabeth…
Charges filed against Minnesota DNR worker in license data breach
Mike Durkin reports that federal charges have now been filed against John Hunt, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources employee accused of improperly accessing 5,000 residents’ information from the state driver’s license database: The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension said Hunt committed a federal crime during off-duty hours. Hunt is accused of illegally viewing the…