Catalin Cimpanu reports: The Japanese government approveda law amendment on Friday that will allow government workers to hack into people’s Internet of Things devices as part of an unprecedented survey of insecure IoT devices. The survey will be carried out by employees of the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) under the supervision…
Category: Non-U.S.
Data leak: Breach too far
NST reports: IT has happened again. This time at Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) where records of just over a million students have been leaked. Is it an inside job? Hard to tell, but UiTM is probing. UiTM sources contacted by the New Straits Times say it may just be put together from multiple sources by…
MY: Over 1 Million UiTM Students and Alumni Personal Details Leaked Online
Vijandren reports: A total of 1,164,540 records, belonging to students who enrolled for various courses at Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) between 2000 and 2018 has been breached and leaked online. The leaked data includes detailed records of students from the UiTM main campus in Shah Alam, as well as it’s 13 autonomous state campuses around the…
UK: Theology lecturer breaches confidentiality in mass email
Melissa Tutesigensi reports: A private email containing sensitive information about a student was sent to all Theology undergraduates this morning. The discussion about a student’s mental health and attendance was accidentally forwarded to several hundred students. The student was explicitly named in the email and specific details about their university life were highlighted. In the…
Ca: REPORT: Significant privacy breach at Belleville General Hospital
David Foot reports: According to newspaper reports, there’s been a privacy breach at Belleville General Hospital, in what Quinte Health Care officials are calling an isolated incident. The Belleville Intelligencer report says a nurse was fired over the incident for accessing “hundreds of patient records” and that, while QHC staff are trying to nail down…
Privacy breach hits 45,000 recipients of Ontario’s disability support program
Kristin Rushowy reports: Ontario’s social services minister has apologized after the Mississauga disability support program office mistakenly emailed the private information of 45,000 people to 100 recipients. “On December 20th, due to a clerical error, the Mississauga ODSP office unintentionally shared some individuals’ information over email,” said Lisa MacLeod in a statement. [..] The December…