Around 300 oil and energy in Norway companies has [sic] been affected by one of the biggest computer hacking attacks ever to happen in the country, a government source said on Wednesday. National Security Authority Norway (Nasjonal Sikkerhetsmyndighet – NSM) revealed 50 companies in the oil sector were hacked and 250 more are now being…
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Ca: Privacy breach at northeast Calgary school prompts investigation (updated)
Tamara Elliott reports: An investigation has been ordered, following a major privacy breach at a Calgary school. Parent Jaret Kneller said he was shocked when he opened an e-mail sent by the new principal at George P. Vanier School in the northeast community of Winston Heights-Mountview. Instead of the introductory letter that was supposed to…
AU data breach notification guide: A guide to handling personal information security breaches
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner has released Data breach notification guide: A guide to handling personal information security breaches. Some excerpts: Preventing data breaches — obligations under the Privacy Act Security is a basic element of information privacy.4 In Australia, this principle is reflected in the Privacy Act in the APPs Agencies and…
UK: Personal details of 47,000 Brent residents for sale on the dark web
Emma Youle reports: The personal information of more than 47,000 people living in Brent has been put up for sale on the dark web, according to new data revealing the startling scale of online identity fraud. […] C6 Intelligence, which works with leading financial and retail companies, has penetrated more than 50 criminal websites and…
Orange sanctioned by French regulator after customer data breach
Orange has received a public warning from the French privacy watchdog Cnil after personal details of more than a million of its customers were leaked on the internet. Orange notified Cnil of the problem in April, blaming a technical fault at one of its marketing suppliers. Almost 1.3 million customers were affected, with their name,…
UK: Hammersmith and Fulham policewoman fired after breaching police data act
Graham Spence reports on another case of police misuse of databases: Trainee Detective Constable Sadaf Bhatti, 39 , a former Metropolitan Police Service officer based at Hammersmith and Fulham has been dismissed without notice. Bhatti had previously pleaded guilty to three counts of breaching the Data Protection Act at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, 5…