ABC reports: The Smith Family says it has informed around 80,000 donors their personal details may have been accessed after it was targeted by a hacker who attempted to steal money. The Australian charity, which supports disadvantaged children, said in a statement the attempts by the hacker to steal money were unsuccessful. It said an…
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Au: Xavier College says stolen student data might be released after hack
Adam Carey reports: Hackers have threatened to publish the personal information of current and prospective students of Xavier College online after a cyberattack, the school says. The hack took place in June, but the school waited until this week to inform the families after it deemed that the number of people whose information had been…
Farrer Park Hospital fined S$58,000 over data breach affecting medical information of 2,000 people
Louisa Tang reports in Singapore: Farrer Park Hospital has been fined S$58,000 over a data breach that led to the confidential medical information of almost 2,000 people being automatically forwarded to a third party. In a judgment dated Sep 15 and released on Friday (Nov 18), the Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC) gave more details…
Personal data of over 30,000 students leaked from Kannur University’s official website
Mathrubhumi.com reports: The personal data of over 30,000 students at Kannur University were reportedly leaked. A private cyber security agency in Kochi found that the data were published on a dark web portal. As per the preliminary assumption, the data of the students were leaked due to a technical glitch in the university’s official website….
AirAsia victim of ransomware attack, passenger and employee data acquired
AirAsia Group* pledges to be responsible when gathering personal information and to protect privacy “in every possible way.” That’s not a contract, mind you, but just an expression of their commitment. On November 11 and 12, AirAsia Group fell victim to a ransomware attack by Daixin Team. The threat actors, who were the topic of…
No sign patient information leaked; Interdev platform for Canadian paramedic agencies taken offline
Brendan Burke of The Peterborough Examiner reports: There’s nothing to suggest patients’ confidential information has been compromised after a cybersecurity incident forced Peterborough County-City Paramedics’ data collecting software system to be shut down earlier this week, says Chief Randy Mellow. “There’s absolutely no evidence that this incident has caused any medical or personal information to…