Manikanta Immanni reports: McDonald’s faced an indirect data breach where a hacker accessed sensitive information belonging to its clients in the Costa Rica branch. The company later said that a service provider it hired has left its client data exposed, which was reportedly accessed by the hacker. […] How the hacker was able to access…
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Kr: Source Music Fined 3 Million Won By PIPC For Accidentally Leaking Fans’ Personal Information
Soompi reports: Source Music has been ordered to pay a fine of 3 million won (approximately $2,438) by South Korea’s Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC). Last year, after GFRIEND’s sudden disbandment, Source Music used a Google questionnaire in the process of refunding fan club membership fees. However, due to the questionnaire’s privacy settings being accidentally set to public,…
Spanish football federation reports data stolen by hackers
The Sun reports: The Spanish football federation (RFEF) said on Thursday it was victim of a hacking attack which resulted in the loss of data belonging to president Luis Rubiales. General secretary Andreu Camps also had text and audio data stolen, the RFEF said, and the loss had been reported to the police. Read more…
Home Office’s visa service apologises for email address data breach
Diane Taylor reports: The Home Office’s visa service has apologised for a data breach in which the email addresses of more than 170 people were mistakenly copied into an email circulated last week. More than 170 email addresses were accidentally copied into a message on 7 April 2022 about the change of location for a…
Ca: University Life Sciences students facing mass data breach Life Sciences students facing mass data breach
Asbah Ahmad reports: Confidential student information in the Life Sciences department was disseminated via email on Apr. 7. The information included student GPAs, student names, student numbers, academic plans, and years of study as of Sept. 2021. Students’ sexes and email addresses were also compromised. Read more at The Queens University Journal.
CitySprint confirms security breach involing iFleet System, warns delivery drivers their personal data may be in the hands of hackers
Graham Cluley writes: Same-day delivery firm CitySprint has warned couriers it has suffered a data breach that may have allowed hackers to access their sensitive personal data. An email sent on April 7th to thousands of drivers confirming that a security breach had occurred. Read more at GrahamCluley.com. There is no indication in his report…