CCDHB reports: A Capital & Coast DHB staff member has fallen victim to an email phishing scam which took thousands of emails from their address to other email addresses across New Zealand and internationally. But no private or patient information has been compromised. The staff member’s email address was immediately locked down to prevent further…
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IN: Man detained for data theft at Revenue dept.
Sharad Vyas reports: A desktop engineer from the State Information Technology (IT) Department was detained on Tuesday for allegedly stealing data from the Revenue Department, after the government filed a complaint with the Marine Drive police station. The engineer allegedly hacked into 28 computers connected to the Mumbai Collector, Deputy Collector and other tehsil offices….
Hackers successfully breach tens of thousands of Australian banking accounts
Alex Chapman reports: Tens of thousands of Australians have had their personal information hacked by fraudsters. Details, including phone numbers, names, BSB and account details linked to PayID was breached in recent days. Read more on 7News.
MY: Astro customer data and personal details leaked yet again
Vijandren reports: We’ll if you, just like the rest of us here are asking – wasn’t this last years news, well it isn’t. We have just confirmed that Astro’s customer data and customer personal details have been breached yet again. A notice which went up earlier today on Astro’s official site confirmed that its customers’…
NZ: Ministry for Culture and Heritage investigating serious digital privacy breach
Passports, drivers’ licences and birth certificate details have been exposed to fraudsters after a serious Government digital privacy breach. The Ministry for Culture and Heritage says 302 young people supplied their details to it as part of an application for the Tuia 250 Voyage trainee programme. These were uploaded to an external website which was…
UK hacker known as “Courvoisier” who attacked Uber and Sainsbury’s hands over £1m in Bitcoin
The Irish News reports: A British hacker who led cyber attacks on massive companies including Uber, Asda and Sainsbury’s has had a Bitcoin stash worth £1 million confiscated. Grant West, 27, who operated on the dark web under the nickname Courvoisier – the name of a popular French cognac – attacked more than 100 companies…