CBC News reports that five laptops were stolen from the Edmonton offices of Alberta Health Services on the evening of January 25. Alberta Health Services confirmed the theft but did not say what information was on the devices. Police say no arrests have been made and the laptops have yet to be recovered. All AHS would say…
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NZ: Ministry investigates WINZ privacy breach
Radio New Zealand reports: The Department of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Social Development are investigating a privacy breach after a Work and Income client accessed someone else’s information. Yesterday, the man told RNZ he was trying to access his WINZ account through government’s RealMe identity verification system and got another client’s details. The man…
In: Records stolen from patwarkhana
(Note: a patwarkhana seems to be a property registration office) Miscreants broke into the Jhuneer patwarkhana and tore records. They also broke open the room of patwari Ashok Kumar and stole documents late last night. […] As per details, the records, which were stolen, also included an assessment register, which contained the compensation record of…
Hackers leak Thai prison data files in ongoing protest against Koh Tao convictions
Asian Correspondent staff report: Hackers on Wednesday leaked a trove of data files stolen from Thai prison websites in their ongoing protest over the conviction and treatment of two Burmese men sentenced to death for murdering two British tourists in Koh Tao in 2014. Associating themselves with the “Anonymous” collective of hackers, they claimed to have obtained…
Manitoba Victim Services discloses confidential information to wrong person
Sean Leslie reports: A voicemail left by a victim services worker revealed confidential information about an incident concerning the welfare of a child to a person with no connection to the people involved. The voicemail contains the names and birth dates of two parents, a case number and allegations of behavior that could affect the…
Israeli border police officer indicted for leaking personal information
Noam Dvir reports on yet another “little” breach that could cause big harm to individuals involved: A Border Police officer was on Wednesday indicted for abusing his authority and violating privacy, after he allegedly passed on a woman’s personal information to the far-right Lehava organization. The incident took place in December 2014, when the officer in question,…