In November, 2019, Canadian testing laboratory provider LifeLabs disclosed a data breach. In February, 2020, it tried to block regulators from accessing a report on the breach prepared for it by Crowdstrike. Today, the B.C. and Ontario privacy commissioners released their report on the incident. It was highly critical of LifeLabs. Knowing that the report…
Category: Non-U.S.
Personal Data of 350,000+ Social Media Influencers and Users Compromised Following Preen.Me Hack
RBS notes: The personal information of an estimated 100,000+ social media influencers has been compromised and partially leaked, following the breach of social media marketing company, Preen.Me. Furthermore, as a result of this breach, over 250,000 social media users have had their information fully exposed on a deep web hacking forum. Based in Tel Aviv, Preen.Me…
N.S. government reveals May privacy breach involved 10,599 unredacted decisions
Yvonne Colbert reports: The Nova Scotia government has now disclosed the number of unredacted decisions posted online in a May privacy breach by the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Tribunal totalled 10,599. The decisions contained highly-sensitive information, including employer names, as well as employee names and their medical and psychiatric information. Until now, the government has said little…
‘Procedural error’ cause for leak of HIA names
Andrew Madden reports: Four groups representing survivors of historical institutional abuse have backed Interim Victims’ Advocate Brendan McAllister after a data breach at his office was attributed to a “procedural error”. A full review of how information is managed has been recommended following the breach that resulted in the identities of hundreds of abuse survivors being…
Ca: Security lapses in eHealth system increased risk of cyberattack, says auditor
Arthur White-Crummey reports: After finding numerous security gaps on laptops, tablets and smartphones connected to the eHealth system, Saskatchewan’s provincial auditor warned they could increase the risk of cyberattacks like the one that compromised sensitive personal information late last year. Judy Ferguson’s office identified unencrypted devices, inappropriate security settings, unrestricted USB ports and untrained staff…
Irish firms pay most for cyber-attacks, European study finds
The Independent reports: Irish firms suffer the highest median cost in Europe from cyber-attacks, at almost €92,000, a major new survey claims. Cyber incidents and breaches cost sampled Irish companies €113m over a six month period, with one unnamed Irish company suffering total cyber losses of €17.8m. Read more on Independent.ie.