Bobby Hellard reports: Schools across Nottinghamshire have had to shut down their IT networks after a central trust that manages their systems was hit by a cyber attack. All 15 secondary schools that are part of the Nova Education Trust are currently unable to access emails or their websites, and are still unable to conduct lessons remotely. Read more on…
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Indian state government website exposed COVID-19 lab test results
Zack Whittaker covers a data leak first reported by BleepingComputer. You can read TechCrunch’s report on the incident here.
Ca: Snooping employee showed interest in pregnant women’s medical records, says lawyer
A years-old privacy breach at Central Health has had a particular impact on pregnant women and new parents, says a St. John’s lawyer who is filed a class-action lawsuit. Bob Buckingham says a disproportionate number of calls to his office regarding the breach are from people who say medical records relating to their pregnancies were…
Security breach prompts lockdown of some Manitoba student databases
Josh Crabb reports: Electronic databases that contain personal information about some Manitoba students have been temporarily shut down following a security breach. The Maplewood system is run by an Ontario company and is used by 14 school divisions in Manitoba. There’s no evidence any data or personal information was compromised but some parents still have…
Serasa asked for bank passwords and will reveal itself
Leonard Manson reports: The São Paulo Consumer Protection and Defense Program (Procon-SP) notified Serasa on Monday (1st) to provide clarifications on the collection, and possible use, of the internet banking passwords required by the credit bureau to carry out searches on the site. The request for a bank password, made in the “customer area”, was…
European e-ticketing platform Ticketcounter extorted in data breach
Lawrence Abrams reports: A Dutch e-Ticketing platform has suffered a data breach after a user database containing 1.9 million unique email addresses was stolen from an unsecured staging server. Ticketcounter is a Dutch e-Ticketing platform that allows clients, such as zoos, parks, museums, and events, to provide online tickets to their venue. Read more on…