Maria Nikolova reports: Information security is key in the financial industry but problems concerning maintaining personal data safe keep emerging. GMO Payment Gateway Inc (TYO:3769), the Japanese provider of payment processing services, has sought to apologize over personal data leakage that affected the websites of two of its clients – the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and…
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City erases, re-installs server after ransomware attack
Scott Liles reports: A cyber attack on the server of the Mountain Home Water Department led to the city refusing to pay a ransom and wiping the machine, Water Department Director Alma Clark said. The server was re-installed from a backup created the night before and no information was lost or stolen, Baxter County Computer Services…
US military leak exposes ‘holy grail’ of security clearance files
Zack Whittaker reports: A unsecured backup drive has exposed thousands of US Air Force documents, including highly sensitive personnel files on senior and high-ranking officers. Security researchers found that the gigabytes of files were accessible to anyone because the internet-connected backup drive was not password protected. The files, reviewed by ZDNet, contained a range of…
UK: Nurse inappropriately accessed patient records for three years
STV reports: A night-shift nurse accessed the medical records of a colleague who was on sick leave. Lorraine Mcintosh faced disciplinary proceedings over her actions, which came to light when she was overheard discussing “blood test results and the reason for sick leave of another staff member” with a fellow employee. The nurse, who had…
Canada Revenue Agency online tax services offline over possible security risk
Kevin Nielsen reports: The Canada Revenue Agency shut down some web services Friday afternoon after discovering a potential security breach. “We are not aware of any unauthorized access to taxpayer information and we continue to monitor closely,” CRA spokesperson Patrick Samson told Global News through email Saturday evening. “Digital services were taken offline as a precaution, not…
NZ: LookSee Wellington privacy breach forces website shutdown
Chloe Winter reports: Personal details of tech experts who applied for free trips to Wellington for job interviews could have been seen by others. Wellington Regional Economic Development Agency (Wreda) says a privacy breach forced it to shut down the LookSee website on Thursday. Aimed to help boost the ranks of mid and senior level IT experts in Wellington,…