Rachel Aiello reports: The Canada Revenue Agency is locking out 800,000 users from their online accounts on Saturday, out of fear that people’s usernames and passwords have been hacked. Citing the cybersecurity risk of having this information in the hands of potentially bad actors, obtained through email phishing schemes or third party data breaches, the…
Category: Non-U.S.
Hackers hit Indians with ransomware supporting farmers
IANS reports: In a unique way to support protesting farmers in India, cyber criminals have launched a new ransomware attack in the country that does not ask for money but justice for the community, conveying a message that no data will be recovered until the demands of the farmers are met, a new report revealed on Wednesday….
Fastway Couriers Notifies Irish Data Protection Commission of a Hack
Ciara Plunkett reports: The Irish Data Protection Commission says it’s received a breach notification from Fastway Couriers. The customer data impacted includes: names, addresses, email accounts and phone numbers, but the company says nobody’s financial data was at risk. Read more on KFM. Updated March 13: NewsTalk has some more details: The company has confirmed…
AU: Victoria privacy breach of vulnerable youth data
Joseph Brookes reports: A youth case worker stood down from a Victorian health department service provider on suspicion of accessing child pornography continued to access sensitive information about clients for months afterwards, according to a data breach inquiry into the incident. Failings in the department’s privacy protections meant the man – who was also subject to…
Ca: Sarnia IC apologizes for privacy breach, says he won’t resign
Oh, oops! Cathy Dobson reports: Sarnia Integrity Commissioner Paul Watson has apologized for publicly displaying confidential information during a Zoom presentation to city council Monday. “I am a 60-year-old trying to use technology during a pandemic and I made an unfortunate mistake,” said Watson. “I’m very sad about it and sorry for those individuals whose…
TR: Adim Adim hacked
The following is not a great translation, so what you need to know is that a volunteer Turksih organization that promotes charitable donations through events like marathons, was hacked. From Adim Adim’s web site: Volunteers In Pursuit of Goodness and Their Donors Who Are With Them At Every Step … As we have informed you…