A motor industry employee who was sentenced to six months in prison in November 2018 for accessing personal data without permission, has been ordered to pay a £25,500 confiscation order in a case brought by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). Following a hearing at Wood Green Crown Court, London on 15 July, the judge determined…
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Ca: Desjardins expands protection plan for members after data breach
Frédéric Tomesco reports: Mouvement Desjardins is expanding a protection plan for personal and business customers in the wake of the data leak that compromised the personal information of more than 2.9 million members. All current and future Desjardins caisse members are now automatically and permanently protected against identity theft at no cost, chief executive officer…
Former Desjardins president falls victim to identity theft after data breach
Colin Harris reports: As millions of Quebecers worry about a data breach at Desjardins Group, the former president of Canada’s biggest federation of credit unions says that he himself is a victim of identify theft. Claude Béland, president of Desjardins from 1987 to 2000, told Radio-Canada that three companies wrote to him saying that he…
Quebec, federal Privacy Commissioners investigate Desjardins breach
From the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, an announcement concerning the alleged rogue insider breach at a financial institution that impacted the personal information of more than 2.9 million of its members, including 2.7 million individual members and 173,000 business members. On July 8, the Commissioner announced: The Commission d’accès à l’information du…
160,000 resumes on Chinese recruitment site Zhilian allegedly exposed and leaked
Cyrus Lee reports: Zhilian Zhaopin, one of the top job recruitment sites in China, has released evidence at a Beijing trial showing that as many as 160,000 personal resumes uploaded onto its site were allegedly stolen and leaked for around 5 yuan (70 US cents) apiece, according to a Sina report. Following the evidence being…
In: MNC alleges data theft by ex-employees
TNN reports that a senior Magnasoft Consulting India official has accused three former employees of stealing data that includes customer data, the employee database, software keys and management information system reports. The data was allegedly sent to their personal email addresses from their corporate accounts. Read more on Times of India Interestingly, the only comment…