Nicole Hasham reports: He was threatened with beheading by the Taliban after immigration officials leaked his private details online, and now asylum seeker Nadir Sadiqi fears he will be sent home to certain death in Afghanistan. Mr Sadiqi was among 10,000 asylum seekers – about one third of those held in Australia at the time…
Category: Exposure
UK: Address mistake causes data breach
James Illingworth reports: An investigation has been launched after a Wigan resident was sent confidential tax documents due to a civil service mix-up. Barron Roberts raised the alarm after receiving the bundle containing a dozen forms with personal information relating to borough households through the post this week. Read more on Wigan Today. The Department for…
Adobe expected to issue Flash Player patch for Hacking Team 0-day
Adobe is expected to issue a patch for a vulnerability its Flash Player today to address a zero-day that was included in the Hacking Team data dump. In the meantime, @SwiftOnSecurity sounded the alarm last night with instructions how to protect yourself: TRANSLATION: Worst-case scenario is now in play – HT Flash 0day with NO patch is now…
Top Hong Kong universities caught up in major hack attack on more than 100 global institutions
I had noted this hack already, but it’s interesting to see how it was reported in the South China Morning Post. James Griffiths and Ben Westcott report: A number of major educational institutions in Hong Kong were allegedly affected by a major hack attack encompassing more than 100 universities and government agencies worldwide. According to…
NZ: Swift apology after mental health privacy breach
Sarah-Jane O’Connor reports: A mental health support group is “mortified” after accidentally sending out the email addresses of hundreds of people with anxiety disorders. Christchurch woman Debbie Wilson said she received an email from Mental Health Advocacy and Peer Support (MHAPS) on Thursday and saw the addresses of the more than 200 recipients were visible….
East Sussex NHS Trust apologies over data breach
BBC reports: More than 3,000 patients have been sent a letter of apology by the NHS after a computer memory stick containing their personal information was found by a member of the public. East Sussex NHS Trust said the stick had been left by a member of staff near a trust building. The information was…