Lawrence Abrams reports: Asian media firm E27 has been hacked, and attackers ask for a small “donation” to provide information on the vulnerabilities used in the attack. E27 is a media company that offers Asian technology startup news and a community where members can communicate and learn from each other. Read more on BleepingComputer.
Category: Non-U.S.
PH: Unauthorized disclosure of COVID-19 patients’ identities continues
Nikko Dizon reports: As the number of coronavirus cases in the Philippines steadily increased from mid-March to late May, the National Privacy Commission (NPC) had been investigating 22 complaints of privacy breaches involving more than 150 COVID-19 patients, as well as suspected and probable cases. In at least 7 of these cases, the breach was committed…
LifeLabs failed to protect the personal health information of millions of Canadians- Privacy Commissioners
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…
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…