Vishal Raghavan has an opinion piece in The Leaflet about the failure of Indian firms to notify customers of breaches or to be held accountable and fined monetarily by regulators. He begins by reviewing a number of high-profile breaches reported in the last year or so, and the notes that all of the companies didn’t…
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Indonesia probes suspected data breach on COVID-19 app
Reuters reports: Indonesia is investigating a suspected security flaw in a COVID-19 test-and-trace app that left exposed personal information and the health status of 1.3 million people, a health ministry official said on Tuesday. Researchers from encryption provider (sic) vpnMentor said personal information in the Indonesia Health Alert Card (eHAC) app, often required to be used…
Bangkok Air confirms passenger PII leak after ransomware attack
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Bangkok Airways, the second oldest and the third biggest airline company in Thailand, has admitted last week that hackers stole passenger information during a security breach following a ransomware attack. The airline confirmed the breach in a press release last Thursday, a day after a ransomware gang known as LockBit posted a message…
Hackers Steal Data from Neuchâtel Cantonal Bank
FInews reports: There was a cyber attack on the Neuchâtel Cantonal Bank (BCN) at the beginning of August, spokeswoman Marie-Laure Chapatte, told the «AWP» news agency (in German), resulting in the potential theft of around 1,500 email addresses. Neither the banking infrastructure – such as the online banking platform – nor other sensitive systems were affected by the…
Quebec could make changes to vaccination passport after flaws in system exposed
CBC News reports: When Louis heard the province’s digital transformation minister say on Tuesday that quick response (QR) codes “cannot be falsified, modified or copied,” he took it as a challenge. “There’s always a flaw,” he said. “It’s just a matter of being patient enough to find it.” […] within six hours, Louis said he…
Ex-employee, staff booked for data theft from Ghaziabad firm
The Times of India reports: GHAZIABAD: Two people have been booked by Ghaziabad police for allegedly stealing data from a cosmetics company. The accused have also demanded Rs 1 crore from the owner of the company in return of the data. The accused have been identified as Gaurav Kumar and Sun ii Kumar. Manoj Garg,…