Christopher Udemans reports: In a case worth over RMB 800 million, numerous members of a syndicate have been arrested for allegedly buying and selling personal data over the internet, local media is reporting. The gang was able to obtain personal information by falsely identifying themselves and hacking targeted individuals. This information included mobile phone location…
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AU: No charges over secret documents found in second hand cabinet
No charges? No surprise. Canberra News reports: No charges will be laid by Federal Police following the investigation into the discovery of classified documents in a cabinet from a Canberra second-hand store. An AFP spokesman says thorough investigation has been conducted and no further action will be taken. The papers, from Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s department…
Unit of Thai telco True says customers’ data leakage fixed
Reuters reports: Thailand’s iTruemart, a unit of mobile phone operator True Corp Plc, said on Saturday it has fixed a data leak that led to information on some of its customers, including their ID and passport data, becoming public. The files of customers buying “TrueMove H” mobile packages had been ‘hacked’, it said in a…
Hong Kong hospital patient records left in a taxi
Su Xinqi and Emily Tsang report on the case of a missing brain. Okay, that’s unsettling, I agree, but I’m posting a link to their coverage because of what else was in the story: Meanwhile, in a separate incident, Prince of Wales Hospital apologised on Friday evening after a staff member lost about 100 sheets…
Concerns teen being ‘railroaded’ in privacy breach to cover government slip
Jon Tattrie reports: Software and privacy experts say an embarrassed Nova Scotia government seems to be seeking a scapegoat, following Halifax police’s quick arrest of a 19-year-old man for accessing private documents publicly visible on a provincial website. The teenager is charged with unauthorized use of a computer, which carries a prison term of up to 10 years. “In order to break…
Nova Scotia government portal reportedly breached; under investigation
CBC News in Canada reports: Halifax police have detained a person after a breach of the Nova Scotia government’s freedom-of-information website that included access to personal information. More than 7,000 documents were accessed. About four per cent were determined to have “highly sensitive personal information,” according to government officials. They said the number of Nova Scotians affected is “in…