Daniel Smith reports: Private email addresses of 103 beneficiaries have been made public due to a mistake by a Work and Income caseworker. They were carbon copied (CC) into an email promoting free fruit and nuts from the Christchurch City Council, rather than blind carbon copied (BCC), which would have concealed them from each other. Read more…
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Sg: OrangeTee real estate group suffers data security breach
CNA reports: OT Group, the holding company of OrangeTee & Tie and OrangeTee Advisory, has suffered a data security breach, the Singapore real estate group said on Friday (Aug 6). The company said it received an email from a third party claiming to have accessed its IT network. The incident was reported to the relevant…
UK: Activist raided by police after downloading London property firm’s ‘confidential’ meeting minutes from Google Search
Gareth Corfield reports: A man who viewed documents online for a controversial London property development and shared them on social media was raided by police after developers claimed there had been a break-in to their systems. The raid by four Metropolitan Police constables took place after Southwark campaigner Robert Hutchinson was reportedly accused of illegally…
Chanel Korea issues apology over data theft
Kim Jae-heun reports: Online thieves managed to steal customer data, including phone numbers, in a cyberattack on some data centers managed by Chanel Korea. It’s unknown whether clients affected by the data leak will take legal action against the French luxury brand’s Korean firm.In a rare move, Chanel Korea issued a public apology after disclosing…
UK: NHS Highland apologizes after data security breach
Tom Ramage reports: Letters inviting patients at NHS Highland for their second dose of Covid vaccine were produced by NHS Highland Public Health carrying information relating to other patients. A spokesperson has explained: “These letters each contain the name and address of the patient along with the date, a time slot and a location they…
Motherboard vendor GIGABYTE hit by RansomExx ransomware gang
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Taiwanese computer hardware vendor GIGABYTE has suffered a ransomware attack, and hackers are currently threatening to release more than 112 GB of business data on the dark web unless the company agrees to their ransom demands. The Taiwanese company, primarily known for its high-performance motherboards, confirmed the attack in a phone call…