In September, 2018, the International Airlines Group (IAG) announced that British Airways was investigating a possible data breach involving its website and mobile application. Soon after, we learned that 380,000 payments had been compromised in a few weeks between August 21, when Magecart malware was injected, and early September. Today, the U.K.’s Information Commissioner’s Office…
Category: Business Sector
UK: Eurofins Scientific: Forensic services firm paid ransom after cyber-attack
Danny Shaw reports: The UK’s biggest provider of forensic services has paid a ransom to criminals after its IT systems were disrupted in a cyber-attack, BBC News has learned. Eurofins Scientific was infected with a ransomware computer virus a month ago, which led British police to suspend work with the global testing company. Read more…
SG: Spize fined S$20,000 after more than 100 customers’ personal data leaked
Food and beverage outlet operator Spize has been fined S$20,000 after the personal data of about 150 customers was disclosed on its online ordering portal in 2017. In the grounds of decision dated Thursday (Jul 4), which was published on the Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC) website, the PDPC received a complaint on Aug 12,…
ALTA warns title companies of industry breach
In an alert posted to its website, the American Land Title Association (ALTA) said it has been told of a breach within the title and settlement industry which revealed non-public personal information – a breach which might have come from more than one company. ALTA said its information technology department is examining the information provided…
Border-surveillance subcontractor suspended after cyberattack
Breaches have consequences – sometimes. And so does copyright infringement or theft. On July 30, DataBreaches.net learned that a story it linked to on a site called darknetstats.com was not written by “C. Aliens” for darknetstats.com. As a a consequence, the original post here has been removed with an apology to C. Aliens. One other…
MYOB in payslip privacy bungle
Ry Crozier reports: Imagine what would happen if you went to open your emailed group certificate and found out it was your boss’ or a colleague’s instead. That’s the rather awkward situation some customers of MYOB could be facing after its automated payroll program accidentally emailed 220 individual payment summaries to the wrong people. Read…