David Landes reports: A group of Swedish journalists are sitting on a goldmine of 29 million online comments, with information about users’ identities, from news sites around the world thanks to a security flaw in debate moderation service Disqus. After outing several ‘online haters’ at home, which caused several resignations from the populist, far-right Sweden Democrat…
Category: Non-U.S.
NDP urge investigation of privacy breaches at Canada Revenue Agency
Jordan Press reports: The Opposition New Democrats want an investigation of new privacy concerns at the Canada Revenue Agency after the agency was unable to tell the NDP just how many privacy breaches it had sustained in the last 10 years. The agency was asked by the NDP for information on how many data, information…
UK: Islington Town Hall data breach victims set to receive compensation payouts of up to £5k
Andrew Johnson reports: The [Islington] Town Hall has agreed to pay compensation totalling £43,000 to 14 residents whose personal details, including mental health problems and sexual orientation, were leaked in two disastrous data breaches last year. A full written apology will also be sent to the claimants, who have been awarded between £1,000 and £5,000…
Security breach at Myntra.com exposes customer’s personal information, order history and more
Sandeep Shetty writes: Update (added on 3 Dec 2013): Based on my feedback Myntra.com has now setup [email protected] for reporting security issues. Kudos to them for taking the first step towards a better responsible disclosure process and setting an example for other Indian companies. Last week a bug on Myntra.com let anyone with an account take over…
Ca: Security breach at provincial registry jeopardizes privacy rights of 25,000 personal support workers; ministry must act
Obviously there’s a political agenda here, but it’s curious I hadn’t heard about any breach until I read this press release. There is no notice on the Ontario PSW site concerning any breach: Concerns and questions are mounting over the lack of provincial government action and oversight following a serious security breach at an employer-run…
Chinese hackers leak 20 million hotel guests’ data on WeChat
Patrick Boehler of the South China Morning Post reports: Hackers in China have leaked a database of an estimated 20 million hotel reservations on multiple websites and even WeChat, the wildly popular messaging service, reflecting failed government efforts to prevent massive leaks of personal data. Online security watchdog WooYun said in September that hackers had…