Ben Grubb reports: Tens of thousands of Australians have had their medical histories and other private information exposed in a large data breach of a company that enabled them to participate in paid clinical trials. The database belonging to Neoclinical exposed approximately 37,000 people’s contact information and their responses to personal medical questions qualifying them…
Category: Non-U.S.
Data breach of 23,000 Revenu Québec employees leads to 2 arrests
Kalina Laframboise reports: Two people have been arrested in connection with a massive leak of personal information at Quebec’s revenue agency. The Sûreté du Québec say officers arrested a 39-year-old woman and a 46-year-old man from Quebec City on Wednesday morning. They are expected to meet with investigators. The breach affects 23,000 current and former…
At least 480,000 Brit bank customers told to change pins Monzo discovers data storage error
Brinkwire reports: ONLINE banking company Monzo has advised 450,000 of its British customers to change their pins following a major security breach. Almost half a million customers affected by the security breach have been told to change their pins after sensitive information was exposed to unauthorised staff. Read more on Brinkwire. I think Monzo might…
AU: Top cyber security agency to brief universities
Shannon Jenkins reports: Australia’s vice-chancellors will receive a high-level cyber security briefing from the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD). The briefing will update universities on the latest security risks and ways to bolster their cyber security. Universities must have stronger defences in place, according to the Minister for Education, Dan Tehan. Read more on The Mandarin….
Monzo security breach: digital bank is asking some customers to change their pin
Jake Tucker reports: British banking start-up Monzo has reached out to around half a million customers after a glitch revealed plain text PIN details to engineers. Those contacted have been asked to change their card PIN after the security hiccup, but it’s a substantial breach of security and bad news for the digital bank, which…
Security breach brings down shutters on 7Pay
Michael Carroll reports: Bosses at retailer 7-Eleven Japan called time on its fledgling 7Pay mobile payment service, after deeming attempts to recover from a major security breach were too onerous. The service launched on 1 July offering cashless payments in the retailer’s chain of convenience stores, but within days the set-up was attacked by fraudsters…