Howard Solomon reports: The number of Canadians who could be victims of one of the country’s biggest losses of personal data could hit four million, according to a privacy official. Ann Cavoukian, privacy commissioner for the province of Ontario, said Tuesday that is the number of records that might be compromised in the loss of…
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Privacy commissioner ‘deeply disturbed’ by Election Ontario’s handling of voter data
Caroline Alphonso reports: Elections Ontario ignored security measures and went right back to using memory sticks without enabling the encryption software just days after personal information of as many as 2.4 million voters – contained on two USB keys without the necessary safeguards – vanished from one of its warehouses, the province’s privacy commissioner charged….
UK: Police arrest senior Sun journalist Nick Parker over ‘data taken from stolen mobiles’
Sam Marsden reports: The Sun’s chief foreign correspondent Nick Parker was arrested today by Scotland Yard detectives investigating the alleged harvesting of data from stolen mobile phones, sources said. Mr Parker, 51, was held on suspicion of handling stolen goods after he attended a central London police station by appointment at about 10am. He is…
Hackers publish AAPT data in protest over web spy plan
Ben Grubb reports that hackers made good on their promise and dumped some of the data stolen in the AAPT hack. AAPT’s server was hosted and operated by Melbourne IT. The hack was intended to protest a proposed data retention plan in Australia: “We as people have the right to protest in any way shape…
8.7 million KT mobile customers’ data hacked in S. Korea
Bae Ji-sook reports: Police on Sunday arrested two hackers for stealing and selling on the personal information of 8.7 million KT users. Investigators said they would also investigate KT on suspicion of negligent management of firewalls and personal data as the number of victims accounts for nearly half of its subscribers. According to the National…
Melbourne IT takes heat for Cold Fusion breach
James Hutchinson reports: Melbourne IT has admitted to hosting and operating both the Queensland Government and AAPT servers that suffered breaches this week at the hands of hackers purporting to be from a Anonymous splinter group. The group Ops Australia took credit for defacing nine Queensland Government websites related to tourism, science and economic development and stealing…