CTV reports: The B.C. government is dealing with another privacy breach after confidential documents from the Ministry of Children and Family Development were found dumped in a garbage bin. The documents were discovered dumped in a green dumpster behind a Victoria apartment building last week, and contain client names, addresses, birth dates and health card…
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Hi5ads and Bangla TV hacked; user data dumped
Noticed on Pastebin today: Hi5ads.com was reportedly hacked on October 29 via SQL injection by those identifying themselves as “3xp1r3 cyber army.” The data dump includes 5,065 entries from the “mero_classified” database consisting of usernames, clear-text passwords, e-mail addresses, phone numbers, and names. In a separate data dump, the group lists 3,149 clear-text passwords and…
IE: Personnel files found dumped in industrial estate
Ralph Riegel reports: Files containing confidential information on private security staff were discovered in a box left unattended in an industrial estate. An investigation by the Data Protection Agency (DPA) is now under way into the discovery of files at Frankfield Industrial Estate in Cork. The files were removed by Cork County Council officials yesterday…
SA: Banks to use Home Affairs fingerprint data
Sapa reports: Cape Town – The department of home affairs and the banking sector are collaborating on an online fingerprint verification model to curb identity-related fraud and corruption that is costing the economy millions of rands, cabinet spokesperson Jimmy Manyi said on Thursday. Speaking at the fortnightly post-cabinet briefing on Thursday, Manyi said: “This will…
HK: Labour Dept probes data loss
The Labour Department is investigating the loss of personal data of 56 people who applied for employee compensation. The police and the Privacy Commissioner have been informed. The department said a review had been initiated to prevent a similar occurrence. Labour officers are contacting the affected people to inform them about the incident. The department…
UK: Youth offenders’ details lost on unencrypted laptop
Newcastle Youth Offending Team breached the Data Protection Act by failing to encrypt a laptop containing personal data which was later stolen, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said today. The laptop – which contained personal data relating to 100 young people and sensitive personal data on 10 people – was reported stolen from a contractor’s…