Aime Chanthadavong reports: Identification card solutions provider, Multicard, has been found to have leaked the personal information of approximately 9,000 maritime security identity card (MSIC) applicants online. The Office of the Australian Information Commission (OAIC) found that Multicard stored personal information on a publicly accessible web server without appropriate security controls to prevent unauthorised access….
Category: Non-U.S.
Eircom urges email users to change passwords after security breach
Adrian Weckler reports: Eircom has suffered a security breach, leading to the suspension of email services to 350,000 Eircom.net accounts over the last 18 hours. The company is now urging its email users to change their passwords. A company spokesman said that the breach was detected on Tuesday. Read more on Independent.ie.
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council signs undertaking after case file left at client’s home
An undertaking to comply with the seventh data protection principle has been signed (pdf) by Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council. This follows an investigation into a social worker leaving a case file containing sensitive personal data at a client’s home. According to the undertaking, the Information Commissioner’s Office was informed of the breach in March 2013. After…
Three Welsh councils’ electoral roll data breaches probed
BBC reports: The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said it was concerned about incidents involving Rhondda Cynon Taf, Caerphilly and Torfaen. Their electoral rolls were passed to credit reference agencies, including details which should not go to third parties. A computer software error has been blamed. Read more on BBC.
Ca: Federal Privacy Commissioner’s Office loses backup drive with personal information
Ouch. Howard Solomon reports: Mistakes can happen in any organization, but when the office of the federal privacy commissioner loses an unencrypted hard drive with personal information it must sting. But that’s what happened on Feb 14 during the agency’s move to Gatineau, Que. from its home across the river in Ottawa. The Toronto Star revealed the…
Ca: Southwest Community Business Development Corp. claims there’s nothing they can do if someone steals a laptop with unencrypted information from an employee’s unattended vehicle. Srsly??????
CBC News reports: A laptop with a database containing the personal financial information, names, birth dates, social insurance numbers, and addresses of 92 people has been stolen in Saint John, a CBC News investigation reveals. The laptop, containing the information of an identity thief’s dreams, was left in a car overnight, unattended. The car’s window…