SafetyDetective reports: SafetyDetective’s research lab discovered a leak online that exposed an elastic server containing 3GB of data with over 1.6 million users affected. We informed the apparent owners of this database as soon as we were able to identify them. Because we did not receive a response from the owner of the database, we…
Category: Non-U.S.
Ca: Patient data stolen during theft at Red Deer hospital
Mamta Lulla reports: Alberta Health Services is notifying 6,129 patients that their health information may have been viewed by someone other than their authorized care providers. The measure follows the theft of two hard drives contained in equipment in the rehabilitation department at Red Deer Hospital during a break-in in April. Read more on Red…
Dublin Port Company investigates data leak
RTÉ reports: The Dublin Port Company has confirmed it has launched an investigation into the source of the data leak to establish how it occurred and by whom it was carried out. This follows recent media reports regarding the company, detailing expenditure on credit cards. Read more on RTÉ
Australian Catholic University suffers data breach impacting the personal details of its staff
Cyware reports: The Australian Catholic University has suffered a fresh wave of cyberattack that resulted in the compromise of personal details of its staff. This is the second significant security breach that has occurred in a month at one of the country’s tertiary institutions. Read more on Cyware.
Ca: Town of Oliver notifies residents of privacy breach
Colin Dacre reports: The Town of Oliver is advising residents about a privacy breach after municipal staff accidentally sent out private tax information to three email addresses. “During the process of email notification to property owners of their 2019 property tax notice, an error was made in which the attachments on emails to three individual…
Ca: Privacy breach at Queen Elizabeth Hospital spurs surveillance of an employee’s access to health charts
Brian Higgins reports: P.E.I.’s privacy watchdog wants Health PEI to keep closer tabs on one of its employee’s use of patient health records, following a privacy breach last year at Queen Elizabeth Hospital. That’s according to a new report by Information and Privacy Commissioner Karen Rose, posted May 30. According to the report, in March…