Patrick Boehler of the South China Morning Post reports: Hackers in China have leaked a database of an estimated 20 million hotel reservations on multiple websites and even WeChat, the wildly popular messaging service, reflecting failed government efforts to prevent massive leaks of personal data. Online security watchdog WooYun said in September that hackers had…
Category: Non-U.S.
NZ: Bank’s embarrassing privacy breach
Rob Kidd reports: ANZ has been left red-faced over a major privacy breach after it inadvertently sent bank statements for customers’ accounts containing hundreds of thousands of dollars to a two-year old boy. The bank botch saw Whangarei toddler Joel Morrison sent a pile of other people’s account statements, all of which contained considerably more…
UK: PSNI to pay £20k in damages to Special Branch officer whose details were stolen in Castlereagh police station raid
It was a worrying breach, and a good reminder that some breaches can literally put people’s lives at risk: A retired Special Branch officer whose details were stolen in the break-in at a top security base in Belfast is to receive just over £20,000 in damages, a High Court judge ruled today. Mr Justice Horner…
StanChart client data stolen in Singapore via Fuji Xerox server
Ryan Huang reports: Bank statements belonging to hundreds of Standard Chartered‘s richest customers were found to have been stolen from a server at Fuji Xerox Singapore, the third party where printing was outsourced. The unauthorized access only came to light after files containing the data were found on a laptop, belonging to the recently arrested…
Saskatchewan highways worker suspended for privacy breach
Barb Pacholik reports: While snooping in SGI’s database earned a Highways Ministry traffic officer a suspension, the province’s privacy watchdog wants a longterm plan to prevent such breaches. “We take this very seriously. This is not acceptable behaviour. That’s why the individual was suspended for 20 days without pay,” Highways Minister Don McMorris told reporters…
Witchery pulls mobile site after customer details exposed
Sarah Michael reports: Witchery has shut down its mobile website after it was hit with a security breach that exposed customers’ personal details and orders. A glitch in the “track my order” function for online shopping opens personal details pages of other customers, and even allows them to edit the information. It also allows them…