Jude Karabus reports: British clothes retailer Fatface has infuriated some customers by telling them “an unauthorised third party” gained access to systems holding their data earlier this year, and then asking them to keep news of the blunder to themselves. Several people wrote into The Register to let us know about the personal data leak, with reader…
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NZ: Privacy breach: IRD sent details of baby to complete stranger and paid her $240
Tamsyn Parker reports: A woman was shocked to find the details of an unknown baby had been added to her online Inland Revenue account and to receive a $240 back-dated payment for the child. Katie, who doesn’t want her last name used, said she received an email from the IRD last week to say her…
CZ: Railway administration was attacked by hackers, operations not endangered
Translation from ceskatelevize.cz: The railway administration has been facing a cyber attack since last week, Deník N reported . The state organization, which provides traffic on the railways, assured that it was not affected by the attack or traffic safety. The attack followed other previous incidents that targeted state organizations or ministries. According to the spokesman of the Railway Administration…
Ca: Sierra Wireless Announces Ransomware Attack
VANCOUVER, British Columbia–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sierra Wireless (NASDAQ: SWIR) (TSX: SW), the world’s leading IoT solutions provider, today announced that it discovered it was the subject of a ransomware attack on its internal IT systems on March 20, 2021. Once the company learned of the attack, its IT and operations teams immediately implemented measures to counter the…
Transport NSW documents posted on dark web after Accellion hack
Anton Nilsson reports that threat actors who have been dumping files from Accellion clients have started dumping files from Transport NSW: Massive amounts of sensitive NSW government documents have been published online by hackers attempting to extort the authorities for cash. The sporadic leaks to the dark web have continued in the past few days…
Ca: Nunavut schools confirm school information system vendor suffered ransomware attack
On March 3, this site noted that a security incident affecting Manitoba school districts sounded like a ransomware attack on Edsembli. Yesterday, Nunavut’s Department of Education confirmed it was a ransomware attack on the territory’s school information system that stores grades, attendance and student enrolment. That system is maintained by Edsembli. No data has reportedly…