“Human error” covers a lot of breaches. Sometimes the errors are truly accidental. Other times, they are errors in judgement. Kerry Campbell reports: P.E.I.’s privacy commissioner says an employee of a dental office on P.E.I. disclosed sensitive, personal health information belonging to more than 1,000 patients, to a member of that staff person’s family. The…
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23 million XRP stolen from users on GateHub due to ‘potential security breach’
Akash Grimath reports: Thomas Silkjær, the creative director at 2K/DENMARK, outlined a “potential security breach” at GateHub might have caused users to lose approximately 23 million XRP. GateHub is a wallet and gateway for to safely store/transact XRP. In a Medium article, Silkjær wrote that the breach was noticed on June 1 in a transaction of…
Australian National University data breach stretching back 19 years detected; Affects approximately 200,000
ABC in Australia reports: The Australian National University has been hit by a massive data hack, with unauthorised access to significant amounts of personal details dating back 19 years. A sophisticated operator accessed the ANU’s systems illegally in late 2018 but the breach was only detected two weeks ago, the university said in a statement….
Almost 100,000 Australians’ private details exposed in attack on Westpac’s PayID
Ben Grubb and Clancy Yeates report: The private details of almost 100,000 Australian bank customers have been exposed in a cyber attack on the real-time payments platform PayID, which allows the instant transfer of money between banks using either a mobile number or email address. The attack on Westpac, which also affects customers from other…
Ca: Weight Loss Grants posts customer health information without consent
Sean O’Shea reports: A company that promised to pay customers for losing weight has posted personal information about clients, including their names, weights, weight loss goals and even facial photographs on its website. Weight Loss Grants revealed the personal information without clients’ consent after news reports described how the organization failed to make payments to…
UK: Leicester City FC reveal details of ‘criminal online security breach’ related to online shop
Sam Dimmer reports: Leicester City say users of their online store had their personal and financial details compromised following a security breach. The club say the breach affected some users between April 23 and May 4. In a statement released today they say that supporters whose details were compromised were contacted immediately and told what…