Samira Sarraf reports: A settlement is expected to be reached in a class action brought against the NSW Ambulance Service relating to sensitive health and personal information that was illegally sold by a contractor. Centennial Lawyers filed a class action in the Supreme Court of NSW on 20 November 2017 on behalf of all NSW…
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BJP leader Kanna Lakshmi Narayana demands arrest of IT Grids chief in data theft case
Express News Service reports: VIJAYAWADA: BJP State president Kanna Lakshmi Narayana has shot off a letter to Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy demanding that the chief of IT Grids India Pvt Ltd, D Ashok, who was allegedly involved in a data theft case, be arrested immediately. The senior BJP leader said the arrest of…
Cyber crooks attack Indian armed forces
IANS reports: New Delhi: After the Armed Forces were attacked by cyber crooks on Friday late night, the tri-services cyber wings issued emergency warning to all the defence personnel not to access mail titled — ‘Notice’ — with attachments, sources said on Saturday. Read more on OnManorama.
Russian disinformation campaign behind leak of Labour’s NHS documents, Reddit says
The Press Association reports: Leaked documents used by Jeremy Corbyn as proof Tories are planning to sell off the NHS have been linked to a Russian disinformation campaign on Reddit, the social media platform has said. Reddit said it had banned 61 accounts following an investigation of suspect activity. Read more on BreakingNews.ie.
Hong Kong schools fall victim to cyberattack, raising fears for private data of pupils
Danny Mok reports: Hackers have broken into a government system used by most of Hong Kong’s schools, raising fears for the personal data of pupils, parents and staff. Eight schools operating a web-based administrative network that stores highly sensitive information were breached, with three of them reporting data leaks, the Education Bureau said on Friday…
Indian Airtel: Bug meant users’ personal data was found not secure
Shadab Nazmi reports: A bug had been found in India’s third largest mobile network which could have exposed the personal data of more than 300 million users. The flaw, discovered in the Application Program Interface (API) of Airtel’s mobile app, could have been used by hackers to access subscribers’ information using just their numbers. That…