Alison Auld of The Canadian Press reports: The Department of Defence has launched an investigation after a former member of the Canadian Forces found sensitive health and personal information about other military personnel in his medical file. Wayne Finn said he was stunned to discover everything from other service members’ social insurance numbers, blood test…
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Ie: Details of 500,000 GAA members compromised
The GAA [Gaelic Athletic Association – Dissent] has confirmed that the personal details of over 500,000 members have been compromised following a data breach. Servasport, which maintains the GAA database, revealed that there had been ‘unauthorised access’ to its database. The database contains the names and addresses of 501,786 members. Details include 288,511 dates of…
(update) Jp: 14,000 in 26 countries, regions get leaked Tokyo police info on terrorism
About 14,000 people in 26 countries and regions have acquired what appear to be leaked Tokyo police documents on international terrorism using file-sharing software, a Japanese network security firm said Thursday. NetAgent Co said the documents have been obtained by 13,734 people in Japan, 132 in China, 95 in Taiwan and 77 in South Korea….
Blizzard’s Chinese GM quits after large data breach
Matthew Humphries writes about major fallout following the exposure of confidential files on the Internet: All is not well at the offices of Blizzard China. Last week a large data breach occurred which saw financial data, media packages, commercial budgets, global subscriber details, and worst of all–the road map for future game releases all taken….
Alberta’s Privacy Commissioner shocked over digital devices (updated)
A rash of theft and loss of digital devices has Alberta’s Information and Privacy Commissioner scratching his head. In the past month, there have been seven self reported breaches of personal information, each involving a stolen or lost laptop or digital device. Two of those are government computers and personal information is at risk. Frank…
AU: Fake credit card ring smashed after year-long probe ends in raids: police
From the AAP: Police say they have smashed a significant criminal syndicate that produced false identities and fake credit cards to buy more than $1 million worth of goods. After a year-long investigation, more than 70 police officers yesterday raided homes in NSW and South Australia, arresting five men linked to the nationwide syndicate. The…