Steve Silva reports: Halifax Regional Centre for Education (HRCE) has shut down registration for its Excel program due to a “privacy breach,” the organization tweeted Monday morning. “The issue has been contained. We are currently investigating. Will share more info as it becomes known,” read part of the tweet from the organization, which was formally the…
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Dubai’s Careem admits to data breach of 14 million users
Khaleej Times reports: If you were a regular customer of ride-sharing service Careem, this piece of news might leave you worried. The Dubai-based company today acknowledged that a cyber attack on January 14, 2018 resulted in the theft of personal data of up to 14 million people in Middle East, North Africa, Pakistan and Turkey….
TSB chaos after online banking data leak
Kayleigh Bateman reports: TSB has issued an apology, this morning, after weekend upgrades to its online banking platform left several customers unable to access their own accounts, yet able to view other peoples. Addressing the online banking data leak in a statement this morning TSB said: “We’re really sorry that some of our customers experienced…
Australia, your privacy has been breached — we reveal the biggest health data leaks
Sue Dunleavy reports: The sensitive health data of Australians is subject to a data breach every two days and the organisations and governments that fail to protect it are facing no financial penalties. As outrage builds over Facebook’s failure to protect privacy, a News Corp investigation has uncovered health data that shows if Australians have…
Ottawa’s new privacy rules give businesses flexibility on data breach reporting
The Canadian Press reports: Federal data breach regulations set to take effect Nov. 1 will require mandatory reporting of security breaches that pose a “real risk of significant harm,” but give businesses flexibility about how that’s done. Ottawa has rolled out the long-awaited requirements in a notice in the Canada Gazette that indicates the government…
Ca: 1,100 Hamilton residents’ emails compromised following data breach
Lisa Polewski reports: The emails of about 1,100 residents have been compromised following a data breach of two waste collection apps, according to the city of Hamilton. Municipal Media Inc., the service provider for Recycle Coach and My Waste, reported the data breach to the city and several other municipalities earlier this week. Read more…