Alex Scroxton reports: Employees and former employees of the UK business of Japanese cosmetics firm Shiseido who found their personal information had been exposed in a data breach are being asked to come forward to take part in a proposed group legal action against the company. The breach took place in the spring of 2022 and was…
Category: Non-U.S.
Archives NZ breach gives access to sensitive health information
The Bharat Express News reports: A privacy breach by Archives NZ allows people to see records containing sensitive health information of abuse survivors. The breach was discovered months ago, but officials hid it from the public. Read more at The Bharat Express News.
AU: ING fined for missed data deadlines breach
Adrian Black reports: The competition watchdog has handed out more than $50,000 in fines to ING bank over missed deadlines and misleading website statements. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission alleged ING missed three deadlines for its Consumer Data Right (CDR) rollout and misled consumers on the reliability and security of its service. Read more…
Au: City of Port Phillip Notification of Potential Data Breach
City of Port Phillip Statement from Chris Carroll, CEO City of Port Phillip The City of Port Phillip is committed to being transparent around incidents that may affect you and your data. As such, it is appropriate to let you know of an incident that occurred recently on our online customer portal, My Port Phillip….
Public Notice: Disruptions and delays in services at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Barbados
December 13: The Public is advised that the QEH is currently Investigating a cyber security incident on its Internet network. A number of areas appears to have been affected. There will be disruptions and delays in services, the duration of which is unknown at this time. The hospital’s IT Department in conjunction with MIST and…
TPG Telecom says up to 15,000 email accounts of business customers hacked
Reuters reports: Australia’s No. 2 telecom provider TPG Telecom Ltd (TPG.AX) said on Wednesday its cyber security adviser Mandiant notified the company of unauthorised access to an exchange service that hosts email accounts of up to 15,000 business customers. The hack was an attempt to access customers’ cryptocurrency and financial information, TPG said. Read more…