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Nz: ACC ‘has work to do’ to regain trust after privacy breach – Govt

Posted on October 27, 2021 by Dissent

The need for appropriate access controls to sensitive information is an issue everywhere. ACC is New Zealanders’ government-provided insurance coverage for many personal injury claims. As such, the employees have access to files with personal and often sensitive information. 1News reports: ACC “has work to do” to regain Kiwis’ trust that their private information is…

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UK: Thousands of human error data breaches at Hampshire County Council

Posted on October 27, 2021 by Dissent

Timothy Edgley reports: Hampshire County Council has been ranked as the worst county authority in the country for human error data breaches. New research from VPNOverview, which carries out extensive research on VPNs, online privacy, security and internet freedom, has shown that Hampshire County Council has recorded thousands of human error data breaches in the…

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Political refuge for terrorists: The Hezbollah incubator in South America is published

Posted on October 26, 2021 by Dissent

This is a machine translation of an article in Hebrew by Damian Petter: A group of hackers calling themselves Team HDP in Venezuela has hacked into the country’s intelligence body database – the “Central Board of Counterintelligence”, in its official name (DGCIM). The crackers got their hands on personal details of alleged Hezbollah operatives, who are…

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Cyber attack closes Iran’s petrol stations

Posted on October 26, 2021 by Dissent

Jon Gambrell reports: A cyber attack has targeted petrol stations across Iran, shutting down a government system managing fuel subsidies and leaving angry motorists stranded in long lines at shuttered stations. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack on Tuesday, though it bore similarities to another months earlier that seemed to directly challenge Iran’s…

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Government data breach exposes Afghans to more danger

Posted on October 26, 2021 by Dissent

Evan Dyer reports: The names of several hundred vulnerable Afghans seeking refuge from the Taliban were recently leaked in emails sent in error by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), CBC News has learned. The Afghans in question fear reprisals from the Taliban, who took over the country in August. Some are in hiding because…

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Hacker sells the data for millions of Moscow drivers for $800

Posted on October 24, 2021 by Dissent

Bill Toulas reports: Hackers are selling a stolen database containing 50 million records of Moscow driver data on an underground forum for only $800. According to Russian media outlets that purchased the database, the data appears to be valid and contains records collected between 2006 and 2019 Russian news publisher Kommersant called a small sample of the exposed…

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