David Hollingworth reports: The Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has revealed that more than 600 submissions and nominations to the commission’s website were accidentally exposed online between April and May 2025. The AHRC became aware of the breach on 10 April, when it discovered that attachments uploaded to its complaint web form between 24 March…
Category: Non-U.S.
N.W.T.’s medical record system under the microscope after 2 reported cases of snooping
Sidney Cohen reports that both cases involved employees of the Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority: Medical records are among the most sensitive pieces of information that a government agency keeps on citizens. But these records are not impervious to snooping, as evidenced by two distinct cases reported this year by the Northwest Territories…
Star Health hacker claims sending bullets, threats to top executives: Reports
Sheersh Kapoor reports: The hacker responsible for a major data breach at Star Health and Allied Insurance last year has reportedly claimed responsibility for sending death threats and bullet cartridges to the insurer’s top executives. According to Reuters, a person using the alias ‘xenZen’ said in a March 13 email that they mailed two packages…
Nova Scotia Power hit by cyberattack, critical infrastructure targeted, no outages reported
The Economic Times reports: Utilities under fire: Nova Scotia Power cyberattack raises alarm Nova Scotia Power and its parent company, Emera, are scrambling to contain the fallout of a cyberattack on critical infrastructure that disrupted IT systems but spared physical operations. The cybersecurity breach came to light on April 25, when the utility discovered unauthorized…
UK: Legal Aid Agency hit by cyber security incident
Henry Vaughan reports: The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) said it is working with the National Crime Agency and National Cyber Security Centre to investigate the data breach. In a letter sent to law firms last week, which has been seen by Sky News, the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) warned it had identified a “security incident”. The organisation,…
IT warning after 160-year-old firm goes into administration following a ransomware attack
Even though the media often mentions the risk of businesses folding due to a cyberattack, attempts to find examples of where a cyberattack really was the sole explanation/cause are often hard to find. Whether there were any other financial factors in the case reported here that contributed to the firm going into administration is unknown…