If you have been reading @Chum1ng0’s weekly “Bits n’ Pieces (Trozos y Piezas)” column on Fridays, you have already read about the Guacamaya group’s hack and leak of government files from Chile and other Latam countries. The incident has received public attention in Chile, where some have proposed a national cybersecurity agency. The Mexican government…
Category: Exposure
Optus tells former Virgin Mobile and Gomo customers they could also be part of data breach
Josh Taylor reports: Former Virgin Mobile and Gomo customers are the latest to have been informed by Optus that their personal information was exposed in the company’s massive data breach, as an identification repair service reveals it has fielded a month’s worth of complaint calls in three days. Read more at The Guardian. In related news, Hannah…
New changes allow Optus data leak victims to change licence numbers
Nick Pearson reports: State governments have begun announcing special changes to allow people exposed in the Optus data leak to get new driver’s licences as soon as possible. Among the details accessed by the hacker are driver’s licence numbers, which are commonly used to verify someone’s identity. NSW Customer Services Minister Victor Dominello said people in the state can get…
Third fine imposed by Polish SA on the Surveyor General of Poland for failure to notify the personal data breach
As seen on the European Data Protection Board website, a decision that reminds us how broad the definition of “personal information” is in the GDPR. The monetary penalty is not large by U.S. standards (slightly more than $12,100.00), but it’s the point and notification required. Background information Date of final decision: 6 July 2022 National…
Change of Heart? OptusData says they won’t leak or sell more data
After leaking more than 10,000 records from Optus earlier today, “OptusData” appears to have had a change of heart. Their original post was deleted and one hour ago, they posted: Optus Data will not be sold or leaked Too many eyes. We will not sale data to anyone. We cant if we even want to:…
Optus Under $1 Million Extortion Threat in Data Breach
Jeremy Kirk has done a terrific job of investigating and reporting on what we know so far about the Optus data leak and extortion attempt. He reports: Early Saturday, a person going by the nickname “Optusdata” published two samples of the purported stolen data on a well-known data leak forum. The attacker writes that Optus…