In what appears to be its second breach in 2011, Square Enix has confirmed that it has suffered an intrusion. Matt Mann reports: Today Square Enix announced that both their Japanese and North American Square Enix Members sites have been hacked. According to Square Enix an unknown party gained unauthorized access to servers containing user information in…
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Ca: Insider breach at Insurance Corporation of British Columbia linked to shootings, arson
This sounds like it might qualify as one of the worst – if not, THE worst – insider breach of 2011. When people affiliated with the Justice Institute of British Columbia starting seeing their homes shot at or set on fire, the RCMP began an intensive investigation. That probe has now culminated in the firing…
UK: Probe after children’s files stolen from car
I’m not sure whether this incident belongs on this blog or PHIprivacy.net as there’s no indication as to what types of data were involved, but This is Lancashire reports: Bolton Council is under investigation after files containing children’s details were stolen. It is understood the documents were taken when a member of staff who works with…
Update: Big Pond plugs data leak
Stephen Cauchi and Georgia Wilkins report: Telstra has scrambled to reconnect its BigPond internet services after a privacy breach that leaked personal customer information shut down its system for 24 hours. Up to 1 million BigPond users could not use email and other online services while the problem was being fixed. About 60,000 passwords were…
AU: Railcorp blunder as personal details offered in rail sale (updated)
Finders, keepers? Can you just auction off lost USB drives left on trains without regard to whether they contain sensitive information? Maureen Shelley reports: A bunch of USB memory sticks, which hold private photos and data, left by passengers on Sydney trains were sold by Railcorp at a lost property auction. Computer security company Sophos,…
Telstra internal website made public, releasing account details of up to one million customers
Michelle Ainsworth reports: Account details of up to one million Telstra customers have possibly been breached after an internal website was made public. The website listed Telstra customers on bundle plans and included their names, plan types, contact they had had with Telstra customer service and in some instances their account passwords, the Herald Sun…