Anthony Anderson reports: Confidential employee information has been exposed in a data breach at Ambulance Victoria (AV). The data in question is the drug and alcohol tests of prospective graduate paramedics collected between May 2017 and October 2018. The documents had become accessible on Ambulance Victoria’s internal intranet. Read more at Herald Sun.
Category: Non-U.S.
Some Cornwall Community Hospital services still impacted by cyber incident
The Kingston Whig Standard reports: It’s been a month since a cyber incident brought down the Cornwall Community Hospital’s computer systems. In response to a requested update, CCH posted one Thursday on its website and social-media channels, indicating many of its services are now back to expected activity volumes and it’s resumed its standard approach…
Japan’s ubiquitous convenience stores now serving up privacy breaches
Simon Sharwood reports: Japan’s minister for digital transformation and digital reform, Taro Kono, has apologized after a government app breached citizens’ privacy. The app is called the “Certificate Issuing Server” and, as explained by the municipal government of Kodaira City, allows residents to print documents such as certificates that prove they’ve paid taxes. Fujitsu Japan developed and…
Za: Department of justice negligence leads to huge personal data loss
Rorisang Kgosana reports: The department of justice & constitutional development contravened the Protection of Personal Information (POPI) Act, resulting in the loss of more than 1,200 files. The Information Regulator issued an enforcement notice to the department this week for a September 2021 security breach on its IT systems. […] The security breach was caused…
Ontario school district hit by cyber attack discovers additional info stolen
Lynn Greiner reports: The Huron-Superior Catholic District School Board has sent letters to students and former students informing them their personal information was compromised in a cyber attack that was first announced on Dec. 15, 2022. The attack initially took down the board’s website, as well as telephones, public address systems, and email for all…
WhizComms data breach: 50% of customers affected, notified on May 10
Aqil Hamzah reports: About 24,000 customers of broadband service provider WhizComms, or roughly half the company’s customer base, had their personal information stolen by an external party in a data breach incident detected on April 21. The affected people received e-mail on Wednesday informing them that a third party had accessed the firm’s Web server and downloaded…