This news story appeared on August 30, but I am first seeing it now. Jack Quann reported: The Students’ Union at University College Dublin (UCD) has suspended selling Student Leap Cards, after they say they uncovered that personal information was at risk. The information used in the student version of the card is different to…
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Cyber attack on Italian National Institute for Social Assistance threatens users’ personal data
Matteo Natalucci reports: The portal of the Italian National Institute for Social Assistance (INAS), has been hacked, potentially putting the personal data of its users at risk. INAS is an organisation which is part of the National Confederation of Workers’ trade unions responsible for protecting and advancing the interests of its members in the workplace….
Russian spies detained in The Hague were planning cyber break-in at Swiss lab: NRC
DutchNews.nl reports: European intelligence services, including the Dutch military intelligence and security service MIVD, detained two Russian spies in The Hague earlier this year on suspicion of planning a computer break-in at a Swiss lab, the NRC and the Swiss paper Tages- Anzeiger revealed on Thursday night. The two men were preparing to travel to…
AU: NAPLAN results privacy breach at elite Melbourne school
3AW reports: NAPLAN results at an elite Melbourne school have been sent to the wrong parents. 3AW Drive was alerted to the issue this week. Methodist Ladies’ College sent a letter to parents, informing them they shouldn’t open the envelope because it could contain the results of another student. Read more on 3AW.
Hundreds of Canadian federal civil servants lose personal information in data breach
Mike Le Couteur reports: Ottawa police and the federal Office of the Privacy Commissioner are investigating a significant data breach in the federal government after a device was stolen from Public Services and Procurement Canada. All 227 employees affected are at Infrastructure Canada, but they weren’t notified until more than two weeks after the breach….
UK: University Cyber Attacks Down To Students, Staff?
Tom Jowitt reports: Organised crime and hacking groups may not be responsible for the spate of cyber-attacks against universities and colleges in the UK. This is said to be the conclusion of a security analysis of the attacks carried out by Jisc, the UK provider of ICT (Information and Communications Technology) services for the education…