Ben Butler reports: The federal information commissioner is investigating a potential data breach at one of Australia’s biggest tenancy blacklists, run by Sydney company Trading Reference Australia (TRA). TRA has moved to stymie the investigation, obtaining a federal court injunction that quashes an order from the commissioner that it hand over information about the breach….
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Luxottica hacker attack returned
Marco A. De Felice reports: As reported by Ansa , the production and logistics plants of Agordo and Sedico were shut down yesterday morning due to an unspecified ” computer system failure”. After yesterday’s block of the second work shift, with employees invited (via SMS) not to come to the company, in the evening the company had decided…
AU: University of Tasmania IT bungle leads to mass student data breach
Mark Saunokonoko reports: Nearly 20,000 University of Tasmania (UTAS) students have had their personal information exposed to the entire campus after a major IT bungle. The data contained “personally identifiable information” of students at the university. UTAS told 9News in a statement there was “no evidence” malicious activity had caused the data breach. Read more on 9News.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus reacted to the leak of data from law enforcement officers
Bhavi Mandalia reports: The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus reacted to the leak of data from law enforcement officers to the Internet….. The data of more than a thousand law enforcement officers were made public on September 19. In particular, the surnames, first names, patronymics, dates of birth, city of residence, rank and position…
Cyber security breach at National Informatics Centre, malware attack traced to Bengaluru
ET reports: Breaching cyber security a malware attack on 100 computers of the National Informatics Centre (NIC) was reported on Friday. The government’s nodal agency NIC is responsible for securing critical cyber-infrastructure in the country and comes under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY). Read more on ET.
Ca: Regina clinic failed to notify patients of privacy breach, says commissioner
Mark Melnychuk reports: An investigation by Saskatchewan’s privacy commissioner found that a Regina medical clinic did not notify patients when a doctor’s dictation machine containing personal health information went missing a year ago. According to the report filed on Sept. 15, Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner Ronald J. Kruzeniski wrote that his office was notified…