August 25 – Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health is informing community members of a recent breach of privacy that affected an information dashboard that was used to display information about influenza cases in our community. This dashboard was posted on our public website between January 2020 and May 2020. The dashboard contained information on individuals with lab…
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CO: City of Lafayette statement on July ransomware attack
On August 6, media in Colorado reported that the City of Lafayette had paid $45,000 to get a decryption key following a ransomware attack. On August 24, the city published a notification about the incident: This public notice is intended to advise residents, employees, and customers of an incident involving a cyberattack on the City…
ZA: Social grant applications found dumped in Ndedwe
Nothando Mkhize reports that a pile of social grant applications were found on a street in Ndwedwe. The South African Post Office is investigating to see if they were stolen from a post office during a burglary last month. In a puzzlingly vague statement, a spokesperson noted that an employee has been suspended. But why?…
NZ: Managed isolation facility security guard suspended over social media privacy breach
The guard uploaded a photo which showed the names of 27 returnees. Video news coverage on 1News.
Law Enforcement Websites Hit by Blueleaks May Have Been Easy to Hack
Micah Lee reports: Whoever broke into 251 law enforcement websites and obtained the blueleaks trove of documents appears to have reused decades-old software for opening “backdoors” in web servers. The use of the widely available backdoors provides evidence that the hacktivist who compromised the sensitive sites, including fusion centers linked to federal agencies, didn’t need to use sophisticated…
NSW Police Leak Private Information of Complainants
Criminal Defence Lawyers Australia writes: The NSW Police have leaked the emails of over 150 complainants who contacted them in order to raise concerns regarding officer’s use of force following the Sydney Black Lives Matter protest on Saturday, 6 June. […] It contained the original letter, with an additional page which contained text beginning “Please…