Rebeccca Trigger reports: Western Australia’s biggest arts organisations, including the Perth Festival, Black Swan State Theatre Company, the WA ballet and WA opera have been subject to a massive data breach that has compromised customers’ personal information. Customers received an email this afternoon from the Arts and Culture Trust saying third-party software used by the…
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CRCSD Employee: District still dealing with effects from “Security Breach”
KCRG reports: A bus driver for the Cedar Rapids Community School District told our KCRG-TV9 i9 Investigative Team the district’s computers and servers are still not working after the district closed due to a “cyber security incident” more than two weeks ago. Read more at KCRG.
Joint Statement by the United States and the United Kingdom on Data Access Agreement
The United States and United Kingdom intend to bring into force the Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on Access to Electronic Data for the Purpose of Countering Serious Crime (“Data Access Agreement”), which was signed in 2019,…
China fines Didi $1.2bn over ‘egregious’ data security violations
AlJazeera reports: China has fined ride-hailing giant Didi almost $1.2bn for “egregious” violations of data security rules, capping a year-long probe that torpedoed the startup’s stock price and forced its delisting from the United States stock market. The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) said on Thursday it fined the startup 8.026 billion yuan after finding…
Yet another Neopets breach? Neopets data breach exposes personal data of 69 million members
Lawrence Abrams reports: Virtual pet website Neopets has suffered a data breach leading to the theft of source code and a database containing the personal information of over 69 million members. Neopets is a popular website where members can own, raise, and play games with their virtual pets. Neopets recently launched NFTs that will be…
37,800 people sent privacy breach notifications linked to Newfoundland and Labrador cyberattack
Rob Antle reports: Newfoundland and Labrador’s largest health authority has notified 37,800 people that their privacy was breached as part of last fall’s devastating cyberattack. That number equates to about one in every 13 people in the province. And according to Eastern Health, it could go even higher. Those affected include patients, along with current…