Lyle Adriano reports: The city of Calgary is facing a $92.9 million lawsuit for allegedly breaching the privacy rights of its employees. The suit, filed Tuesday, alleged a privacy breach in June 2016. The document claims that a city staffer sent an email to an employee of another Alberta municipality which contained the personal information…
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UK teenager admits attempt to hack into CIA chief’s computer
Kevin Rawlinson reports: A British teenager has admitted trying to hack into the computers of senior US government officials, including the director of the CIA and the deputy director of the FBI. Kane Gamble, 18, pleaded guilty on Friday to 10 charges at Leicester crown court. Besides John Brennan, the then director of the CIA,…
For data leak, 9 coastal body staff sacked
Murari Shetye reports: The state government has not renewed contracts of nine Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority (GCZMA) employees as it suspects they were involved in providing departmental information to NGOs and activists. Sources said that of the 13 contract employees, nine have lost their jobs, including three scientific assistants, an accounts clerk, a technical officer,…
A forum on DarkNet is selling data stolen from over 6,000 Indian businesses including ISPs: QuickHeal
IANS reports: Global IT security firm Quick Heal‘s Enterprise Security brand Seqrite has discovered an advertisement on DarkNet forum that claims to have access to data of over 6,000 Indian businesses that include Internet Service Providers (ISPs), some of the key government organisations, banks and enterprises. Read more on FirstPost.
FI: THL: Personal data and lab results of more than 6,000 people were exposed online for months
YLE reports: A data leak earlier this year saw the personal data and even laboratory test results of some 6,000 patients posted online, said the National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) on Tuesday. The data ombudsman informed THL of the leak in August. The institute then removed the data from two online services where…
UK: Information Commissioner’s Office announces prosecution
Date: 21 September 2017 Type: Prosecutions Sector: Local government Nilesh Morar has been prosecuted at Nuneaton Magistrates’ Court for the offence of unlawfully obtaining personal data. The defendant, who at the time worked at Leicester City Council, emailed personal data relating to 349 individuals, which included sensitive personal data of service users of the Adult…