There’s a follow-up or update to a breach previously noted on this site. In the House of Assembly, Liberal MHA Paul Lane raised the issue of a report in The Weekend Telegram. A former government security analyst told The Telegram about a security breach discovered in June 2013, connected to “botnet” servers in Eastern Europe…
Category: Non-U.S.
Ca: Some 5,600 privacy breaches in federal government in 2014: documents
Bea Vongdouuangchanh reports: There were 5,600 privacy breaches in the federal government in 2014, affecting almost 44,000 individuals, according to data ministers tabled in the House of Commons on March 23. According to the 2013 (sic) annual report from the privacy commissioner, there were 426 complaints received. This includes all complaints from departments and the…
UK: Children’s details lost and sent to wrong place by Derby City Council employees
The Derby Telegraph reports: Derby children’s personal details have been lost and posted to the wrong address this year by city council staff. The paper filed under freedom of information and found out more about the Derby City Council‘s breaches over the past 12 months. Incidents included: a lost notepad containing details of cases “review…
Ca: Anne Bertrand raps health department over medicare card breach
Catherine Harrop reports: New Brunswick’s privacy commissioner has reprimanded the Department of Health for failing to adequately test its massive medicare data system following a 2011 overhaul. A technical failure resulted in 114 medicare cards being sent to the wrong addresses and 24 households receiving multiple cards, some belonging to other families. The error meant…
Kreditech Investigates Insider Breach
Brian Krebs reports: Kreditech, a consumer finance startup that specializes in lending to “unbanked” consumers with little or no credit rating, is investigating a data breach that came to light after malicious hackers posted thousands of applicants’ personal and financial records online. Earlier this month, a source pointed KrebsOnSecurity to a Web site reachable only via Tor, a…
Ca: Cops called, but no charges in Service NL privacy breach
Rob Antle reports: Service NL Minister Dan Crummell won’t say whether an employee who inappropriately accessed the personal information of 28 people at the Motor Registration Division in Mount Pearl is now back on the job. “The only thing I can tell you is this — that person has been disciplined,” Crummell said. Read more…