Canadian Press reports: The personal information of nearly 360,000 teachers in Quebec may have been stolen in a data theft, the Quebec government confirmed on Friday. Quebec’s Treasury Board took stock in the wake of the ongoing investigation by the Sûreté du Québec (SQ) into identity theft of people working or having worked as teachers….
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Safaricom Hits Back Accusing Petitioner Of Stealing Customer Data In The Ksh115 Trillion Lawsuit
Alvin Wanjala reports: Last year July Safaricom was sued in a class-action suit [by] Benedict Kabugi Ngungu, for mishandling customer data. According to the case file, the telco was taken to court for allegedly exposing sports betting history and biodata of 11.5million subscribers. At the time, the petitioner said that one of the company’s subscriber…
Ste-Justine hospital employee fired after patient files consulted without authorization
Canadian Press reports: An employee of Ste-Justine hospital was fired after she consulted “without justification” the medical files of 344 patients, some of them employees, the hospital announced on Friday. The hospital said it had also filed a complaint with police against the ex-employee, who worked in one of its clinics. Read more on Montreal…
TZ: Three Hackers Arrested In Ngara After Hacking Into NTSA Database
Soko Directory Team reports: The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has arrested three suspects in Ngara, Nairobi on suspicion of hacking into NTSA and TIMS databases and issuing fake documents to Kenyans. Detectives found two Kenyan men trying to break into the National Transport And Safety Authority (NTSA) and the TIMS online portals. The suspects…
U.S. and Allies Blame Russia for Cyberattack on Republic of Georgia
David E. Sanger and Marc Santora report: The United States and its key allies on Thursday accused Russia’s main military intelligence agency of a broad cyberattack against the republic of Georgia in October that took out websites and interrupted television broadcasts, in a coordinated effort to deter Moscow from intervening in the 2020 presidential election…
Major Japanese Defense Contractors Admit to Data Breach Incidents Dating Back to Over Four Years Ago
Scott Ikeda reports: Two more major Japanese defense contractors admitted to experiencing a data breach in recent years, bringing to a close a story that began in January when Japanese defense minister Taro Kono revealed that several partner organizations had been attacked. But though the full outline of the damage is now visible, many questions…