Derrick Williams reports: An unidentified number of Century Middle School students have been suspended due to a May 22 incident in which an inappropriate photo was digitally disseminated around the school’s student community. Lakeville Area Public School officials have acknowledged the incident and also said the Lakeville Police Department and Dakota County Attorneys Office are…
Category: Breaches
ZTE confirms security breach in U.S. phone model
ZTE Corp, the world’s No.4 handset vendor and one of two Chinese companies under U.S. scrutiny over security concerns, said one of its mobile phone models sold in the United States contains a vulnerability that researchers say could allow others to control the device, Reuters reported. The hole affects ZTE’s Score model that runs on…
A $15B lawsuit against Facebook? That should be a lot of privacy harm, no?
Kit Chellel and Jeremy Hodges report that over 20 lawsuits that were filed against Facebook over tracking users even after they log out of their accounts have been consolidated. The cases will be heard as one lawsuit in federal court in San Jose. “This is not just a damages action, but a groundbreaking digital-privacy rights…
UK council fined £70,000 for losing highly sensitive data
From the Information Commissioner’s Office: The London Borough of Barnet has been issued with a penalty of £70,000 for losing paper records containing highly sensitive and confidential information, including the names, addresses, dates of birth and details of the sexual activities of 15 vulnerable children or young people. The loss occurred when a social worker took the…