Anna Cox reports that more than 1 million customers may have had their information exposed for years by an improperly secured city web site: The City of Joburg has apologised for the inconvenience caused by the security glitch that exposed customer rates and services invoices to fraudsters. The e-statement site had to be shut down…
Category: Non-U.S.
Investigators say Bow Valley College failed to protect vital info of nearly 200,000
Here’s a breach from almost one year ago that I had missed until this follow-up report. Michael Franklin reports: An investigator into a possible leak of personal information of nearly 200,000 Bow Valley students has found that the institution had indeed failed to protect that information. However, it also says that the school took reasonable…
UK: Foxtons investigates leak of 10,000 customer records
Shona Ghosh reports: Foxtons is investigating whether hackers have leaked the account details of around 10,000 property hunters registered with its site. The estate agent said it had obtained the leaked list and was in the process of checking whether any of the details were genuine. The list was posted anonymously to a popular hacking…
AU: AAMI customers use privacy breach to their advantage
Lucy Battersby reports that an email gaffe by auto insurer Australian Associated Motor Insurers (AAMI) has enabled disgruntled consumers to find each other to band together: The blind carbon copy (BCC) button on emails exists for a very good reason. Unfortunately one of AAMI’s managers failed to use it the day she sent a message…
IE: TK Maxx man ‘sold credit card details’ to gang
Skimming customers’ credit cards may be easy, but memorizing the numbers? That’s somewhat impressive. A major probe has been launched after a TK Maxx shop worker allegedly stole credit card details and passed them to a gang. The Irish Mirror has learned the shop assistant has been interviewed by gardai about the alleged theft of…
Cn: 18 held in information theft crackdown
Ke Jiayun provides more details on part of a recent crackdown and arrests for sale of personal information. Here’s an example of how the data were misused to scam people: A suspected information seller, surnamed Li, was held in Anxi County in Fujian Province over a telecom scam operation. Parents in Songjiang District told police…