Eileen Yu reports: StarHub says personal data of its customers, including email addresses and mobile numbers, have been found on a dump site. The Singapore telco, however, insists none of its customer database or data systems have been breached. The data breach was discovered during a “proactive online surveillance” on July 6 by its cybersecurity…
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AU: Optus under investigation for White Pages privacy breach
Tom Biggs reports: Regulators have opened an investigation into Optus for potential breaches of the Privacy Act, following an incident in which the telco accidentally sent off thousands of customers’ contact details to be published in the White Pages directory against their wishes. In October 2019 Optus contacted almost 50,000 customers to inform them of the privacy…
Sueball over breach of more than 5 million payment cards at Dixons Carphone hit for six
Gareth Corfield reports: A Brit who tried to sue Dixons Carphone over the 2018 hack of 10 million customers’ details, including 5.9 million payment cards, has had his case booted out of the High Court. Not only was Cardix owner DSG Retail Ltd almost completely successful in its application to strike out Darren Warren’s case…
Waikato DHB wins injunction to stop Radio NZ using hacked data
Stuff reports: Waikato District Health Board has succeeded in court action to stop Radio New Zealand using data taken in a cyber-attack. In a decision released on Wednesday, the health board has won an interim injunction through the High Court restraining Radio NZ from accessing stolen data without consent and to permanently delete that data…
Implications for ATE insurance after data breach ‘privacy’ claim struck out
David Barker of Pinsent Masons writes: Many of the growing number of data protection-related claims being filed against businesses to have fallen victim to cyber attacks are being brought not just under data protection legislation but also in the alternative as claims for breach of confidence or misuse of private information. A recent ruling should…
UK: Isle of Wight schools hit by ransomware
Computing reports: Six schools on the Isle of Wight have been hit by a ransomware attack that resulted in the encryption of data and may delay the start of the new term. The attack, which encrypted data, hit the schools and their umbrella organisation the Isle of Wight of Education Federation between July 28th and…