Celia Grosble reports: Thousands of Queenstowners’ personal details have been exposed in an “embarrassing” major privacy breach by the district council’s regulatory organisation. Lakes Environmental has inadvertently released, via email, the details of every single complaint it’s received over the past 10 years. Read more on Scene,
Month: January 2015
AU: Vic university results not hacked: VTAC
The AU AP reports: Students gained early access to an off-limits website though the Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre (VTAC) says its system was not hacked. […] “The exposure was limited to an applicant being able to retrieve their own (university) offer prior to the published release time.” Students only gained early access to their own…
MN: St. Francis police officer subject of criminal investigation over possible data breach
Shannon Prather reports: In what could be one of the first tests of the state’s new tougher data practices laws, the police chief in St. Francis recently initiated a criminal investigation into one of his own officers on allegations that he illegally accessed private data. The officer is accused of viewing recordings of candidates interviewing…
AU: OAIC updates information security guide
Computerworld reports: The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) has released an updated information security guide with tips on stopping rogue employees and advice on using cloud storage offerings. The Guide to securing personal information replaces the older Guide to information security and is designed to help government agencies and private sector companies meet their obligations under the Australian…
New privacy concerns over HealthCare.gov website
AP reports: A little-known side to the government’s health insurance website is prompting renewed concerns about privacy, just as the White House is calling for stronger cybersecurity protections for consumers. It works like this: When you apply for coverage on HealthCare.gov, dozens of data companies may be able to tell that you are on the site….
Another Lizard Arrested, Lizard Lair Hacked
I should have noted this one last week. My bad. Brian Krebs reports: In an unrelated development, not long after this publication broke the news that the Lizard Squad’s attack infrastructure is built on a network of thousands of hacked home Internet routers, someone hacked LizardStresser[dot]su, the Web site the group uses to coordinate attacks and sell subscriptions…