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Ca: Software glitch kills electronic stubs for federal workers’ paycheques

Posted on April 18, 2011 by Dissent

Dean Beebe reports: A mysterious security breach has shut down the federal government’s online pay system, affecting some 320,000 public servants. The system was pulled offline for “urgent” repairs on April 4 after officials discovered the privacy of eight account-holders had been breached. Pay is still being deposited as scheduled in employees’ bank accounts. But…

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Two suspects in Hyundai Capital hacking caught

Posted on April 18, 2011 by Dissent

Kim Tae-jong reports the latest in a breach involving Hyundai Capital reported previously on this blog: Police arrested two suspects Monday on charges of hacking Hyundai Capital’s database and blackmailing the company by threatening to release confidential customer financial information. A 40-year-old man, surnamed Huh, is thought to be the key figure who facilitated the…

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NZ: Policeman’s leak of data breached privacy law

Posted on April 17, 2011 by Dissent

Jared Savage reports: A police officer who leaked secret information to his wife in a bid to win a custody battle with her ex-husband also breached privacy law, a watchdog has ruled. The Herald revealed in February that an internal police investigation found Senior Constable Terry Beatson used the police National Intelligence Application (NIA) to…

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Ie: NUI Galway security breach notice

Posted on April 14, 2011 by Dissent

From NUI Galway’s web site: This notice is related to a text which was sent by the University this week. If you received the text please read the message below as it explains the incident. On March 30 th2011 the University was advised that a file containing student id number, name, NUI Galway email address…

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Ca: School board loses memory stick with employee data

Posted on April 14, 2011 by Dissent

CBC reports: The private information of thousands of Edmonton Public School Board employees has been missing for more than three weeks, CBC News has learned.In a massive privacy breach, a USB memory stick containing information, including resumes and employment records of about 7,000 employees, was lost on March 22. The stick was used by a…

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Aussie data breaches doubled in 2011

Posted on April 13, 2011 by Dissent

Darren Pauli reports: The number of Australian data breaches reported to forensic investigators has already doubled those experienced in 2010, even though it’s only April. Some of the worst breaches have cost businesses many hundreds of thousands of dollars, and involved significant loss of credit card information and customer information. Yet it seems that none…

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