How many of these didn’t you know about already? Tehillah Niselow reports on five big breaches affecting South Africans: Liberty (ZA) email hack ViewFines Driver License Details Facebook Scandal Master Deed’s data breach “biggest” digital security threat in SA Ster-Kinekor’s database compromised Don’t recognize some of them? Read the article on FIN24 to start to get…
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Information Update 19 June 2018 on PageUp Incident
The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC), the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) and IDCARE have released a joint statement: 18 June 2018 On Friday 1 June 2018 PageUp Limited, an online recruitment services organisation, notified their customers about a data incident in relation to the integrity of their systems – proactively informing of…
Hackers want millions from Liberty Life, or will start releasing sensitive data – Report
MyBroadband reports that hackers are attempting to extort Liberty Life: Financial services provider Liberty stated late on Saturday night that it had been hit by an IT systems breach. The company posted a notice to its website which said it had suffered “unauthorised access to its IT infrastructure”. […] According to a report in the Sunday Times…
Details of 15,000 Orange users hacked
Alan Hope reports: Telecommunications company Orange has admitted that a “data leak” exposed the personal information of some 15,000 customers in Belgium to possible hackers. The leak took place two weeks ago, but was only this week revealed to the clients affected. Orange did not reveal exactly what details had been leaked, but the possibilities…
Data breach litigation against optometry board revived
Judy Greenwald reports: A federal appeals court has overturned a lower court ruling and reinstated putative class action data breach litigation against the National Board of Examiners in Optometry Inc. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia, said in Tuesday’s ruling in Rhonda L. Hutton et al. v. National Board of Examiners…
Librarian Sues Equifax Over 2017 Data Breach, Wins $600
Brian Krebs reports: In the days following revelations last September that big-three consumer credit bureau Equifax had been hacked and relieved of personal data on nearly 150 million people, many Americans no doubt felt resigned and powerless to control their information. But not Jessamyn West. The 49-year-old librarian from a tiny town in Vermont took…