Waqas reports more attacks on Canadian government sites, allegedly in retaliation for the anti-terrorism bill, C-51. The latest targets were rqap.gouv.qc.ca, mess.gouv.qc.ca, and cneae.gouv.qc.ca/ : On Thursday morning, the Anonymous hacktivist group conducted a massive cyber attack on Canadian government servers and breached into the Québec Parental Insurance Plan Centre, The Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Solidarity (MTESS) and…
Category: Exposure
NZ: School email error exposed allegations of family violence to student’s peers
Belinda Feek reports: A Waikato high school is carrying out two investigations as to how an email revealing alleged family violence was accidentally sent to students. The school, which the Herald has chosen not to name, confirmed it was working with “outside agencies” to provide wraparound support for one of its students when the incident…
Illinois insurer says software error resulted in data exposure
Adam Greenberg reports: Illinois-based Trustmark Mutual Holding Company is notifying an undisclosed number of individuals that a software error resulted in emails containing their personal information being sent to the wrong insurance carrier clients. Read more on SC Magazine.
Ca: Detour Gold warns former, current employees of data breach
Rachelle Younglai reports: Detour Gold Corp. is reaching out to former and current employees to tell them that their personal information may have been compromised due to a cyber attack. Detour, which operates one gold mine in Ontario, did not say when its server was hacked or how many employees have been affected by the…
Saudi Arabia: Medical center in Jazan dumps patient files on the street
Arab News reports: Passers-by were surprised on Wednesday to see a private health center in Jazan had thrown out patient files complete with all health documents and personal information onto Prince Sultan Road. A large number of patient files had been thrown from the top of the center onto the public street, creating a huge…
Ca: Gov’t probing online leak of workers’ information
CTV reports: The federal government is investigating whether any of its employees were affected after the personal information of some federal, provincial and municipal government workers was leaked online. Intelligent Transportation Systems Society of Canada was the target of an attack, and some of the information in its databases was leaked online, the company’s developer…