TVNZ reports: The Ministry for Children, Oranga Tamariki, has been forced to apologise to a foster family after one of its social workers tried to access their private medical records. The incident occurred after a foster child tried to attack them with a knife. However, the family says the attempted privacy breach has been even…
Category: Government Sector
Aadhaar data breach report incorrect: Delhi High Court told
From the lies-it’s-all-lies dept., IANS reports: NEW DELHI: The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on Thursday told the Delhi High Court that reports regarding security breach of data related to Aadhaar is incorrect and misleading as the strongest encryption technology has been used to store data which is impossible to decrypt. “The technology used…
Game of Thrones hacker worked with US defector to hack Air Force employees for Iran
Catalin Cimpanu reports: The US Department of Justice unsealed today espionage-related charges against a former US Air Force service member who defected to Iran and helped the country’s hackers target her former Air Force colleagues. Besides charges and an arrest warrant issued in the name of the former USAF service member, the DOJ also indicted…
Stolen Credit Card Data from City Parking Systems Sold on the Dark Web
Bruno reports: The hackers of the city parking fine system in Saint John, Canada have been selling sensitive data on the dark web for over a year. The security breach in the system was not spotted for 15 months after the initial attack, which ultimately allowed the hackers to gain personal information and credit card…
AU: Foreign actor could be to blame for cyber-security breach at federal parliament
Greg Brown reports: Labor MP Anthony Byrne has called for top bureaucrats to be hauled before the parliamentary intelligence and security committee amid concern among federal MPs a foreign actor has breached the IT systems of politicians. Mr Byrne, the deputy chair of the parliamentary joint committee on intelligence and security, has demanded an explanation…
NZTA again forced to contact the Privacy Commissioner after another privacy breach
Jason Walls reports: The New Zealand Transport Agency is embroiled in yet another privacy saga, after accidentally revealing the private email addresses of almost 900 people in a mass traffic update email. This comes not long after the agency was forced to notify the Privacy Commissioner after it lost an unencrypted USB drive containing the…