Mark Solomons reports: Queensland police have accidentally released details of hundreds of firearms owners in an embarrassing privacy and security breach, which is under investigation. Compounding the error, the move was an attempt to warn firearms owners to secure their properties following a spate of thefts of guns. Read more on Sydney Morning Herald.
Category: Exposure
Chinese start-up leaked 400GB of scraped data exposing 200+ million Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn users
Jim Wilson of Safety Detectives reports: High-flying and rapidly growing Chinese social media management company Socialarks has suffered a huge data leak leading to the exposure of over 400GB of personal data including several high-profile celebrities and social media influencers. The company’s unsecured ElasticSearch database contained personally identifiable information (PII) from at least 214 million…
United Nations data breach exposed over 100k UNEP staff records
Ax Sharma reports: Today, researchers have responsibly disclosed a security vulnerability by exploiting which they could access over 100,000 private employee records of United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP). The data breach stemmed from exposed Git directories and credentials, which allowed the researchers to clone Git repositories and gather a large amount of personally identifiable information (PII) associated…
TT: West Shore launches probe after technician’s post on PM’s health
Darlisa Ghouralal reports: West Shore Private Hospital has launched an investigation into an apparent breach of patient confidentiality following a post by a cardiac technologist regarding the medical care of Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley. […] The post by the technologist, an employee of Cardiovascular Associates Limited (CVA) who is also a part-time independent contractor…
‘Completely outrageous’: Names of students who use University of Ottawa Students’ Union Food Bank made public
Bridget Coady, Charley Dutil, & Emily Wilson report: The Fulcrum was made aware on Tuesday night that the information of multiple University of Ottawa students who used the University of Ottawa Students’ Union (UOSU) Food Bank was publicly available on the union’s website. A total number of 111 students were listed on the document along…
Decrypted: How bad was the US Capitol breach for cybersecurity?
Zack Whittaker reports on concerns that were raised after the massive security failure at the Capitol that resulted in attackers having access to papers, hard drives and more. Zack reiterates some comforting thoughts that were offered on Twitter in the aftermath of the rampage: Most lawmakers don’t have ready access to classified materials, unless it’s…