From the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, May 24: The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) has launched a new online breach reporting form for federal institutions subject to the Privacy Act as well as updated its online breach reporting form for businesses subject to the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA). The new online form for…
Category: Non-U.S.
Sg: Software firm fined $74k for data breach caused by weak password; half a million users affected
Ang Qing reports from Singapore: A company running online language lessons for children around the world used a password based on its website name, LingoAce, making it vulnerable to the data breach that resulted. More than half a million users were affected. Among personal data compromised were the cellphone numbers, bank account numbers, signatures and…
Almost all citizens of city of Eindhoven have their personal data exposed
Graham Cluley reports: A data breach involving the Dutch city of Eindhoven left the personal information related to almost all of its citizens exposed. As Eindhovens Dagblad reports, two files containing the personal data of 221,511 inhabitants of Eindhoven were accessible to unauthorised parties for a period of time last year. Everyone who lives in the Netherlands…
LifeLabs to appeal court’s decision to release Ontario IPC and BC OIPC breach investigation report
The Office of the Information & Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia issued the following statement on May 23 about a case that raises issues of transparency and claims of privileged information: LifeLabs has announced that it is seeking leave to appeal a court ruling upholding the decision of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario…
Za: Justice department suffers another cyber attack
Admire Moyo reports: The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DJ&CD) has suffered a cyber security incident affecting child maintenance payments. In a statement yesterday, the department advised the public its electronic payment system for third-party funds, including child maintenance, has been temporarily suspended following attempts to compromise the system. According to the department, an…
First Nations Health Authority detected and interrupted attack by INC ransomware group
On May 22, INC ransomware added First Nations Health Authority to its leak site with screenshots as proof of claims. On the same day, First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) disclosed it is currently investigating a cybersecurity incident that it first detected on May 13. “We took immediate action to investigate this activity and intercepted an unauthorized…