BBC reports on yet another council breach: A council has apologised “unreservedly” after details of thousands of childminders were “inadvertently” sent to a number of childcare providers. The information had been provided to Dumfries and Galloway Council by the Care Inspectorate. The incident has been reported to the Information Commissioner’s Office and those affected have…
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IN: Fire in Pathankot bank, data destroyed
Hope they had an off-site backup: Pathankot: A fire broke out in a branch of State Bank of Patiala here, destroying a large amount of data, police said today. According to preliminary inquiry, the fire was caused by short circuit in the computer room last night and was controlled after two hours of fire fighting…
UK: Council says sorry after vulnerable residents’ details stolen
Max Salsbury reports: A laptop holding the bank details of people receiving winter fuel payments and people in receipt of care grants has been stolen from a council’s offices. Two laptops were stolen when Glasgow City Council’s offices were broken into sometime between 28 and 29 May. Now the Council is to write to the…
League of Legends hack confirmed
Add League of Legends to recent hacking victims. Sean Stewart reports: Riot Games confirmed the breach with a post on the League of Legends forums, telling members “we’re sorry to share that hackers accessed some player account information”. The information was stolen from two databases in Europe, EU West and EU Nordic & East. Personal…
AU: Privacy Commissioner finds Act breached by super fund
ABC (AU) reports an update on a situation previously mentioned on this blog where simple url manipulation exposed information: A superannuation company that allowed the private details of its customers to be leaked online has been found to have breached the Privacy Act. In September last year, a flaw was discovered in First State Super’s computer systems,…
Ca: Government kiosks pulled from service
Kim Zarzour reports: ServiceOntario kiosks at Vaughan Mills and Promenade Mall were two of the four locations where a security breach prompted the government to shut down all 72 of the electronic booths across Ontario this week. The automated self-service kiosks at the two York Region sites, along with booths at Albion Centre in Etobicoke…