CBC reports: A Bathurst pharmacist who was caught texting information about a patient to someone outside that person’s “circle of care” has been sanctioned for professional misconduct. Pharmacist Diane Roy was suspended Oct. 3, 2016, from her job at the Bathurst Jean Coutu drugstore after the allegation surfaced, and she was dismissed shortly after. Then, on Nov….
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Porsche Japan customers data leaked
The Japanese arm of German automaker Porsche says more than 28,000 email addresses have been leaked via a hack. Porsche Japan says information at risk includes 23,151 email addresses belonging to customers who asked for product brochures via the internet between 2000 and 2009. Its officials suspect their customers’ names, postal addresses, phone numbers and…
University of Canberra accidentally sends 24 staff details of every employee
Emily Baker reports: The University of Canberra has accidentally sent some staff the personal details of every employee, including their birth date, classification, average hours and salary. Vice-chancellor Deep Saini said an “administrative error” led to 24 employees receiving the email with searchable data on all their colleagues attached. Read more on Canberra Times.
Teesside University urges hundreds of students and staff to reset passwords following security concern
Dave Robson reports: Students at Teesside University have been warned about a possible email security breach. Hundreds of students were contacted over the weekend and urged to reset their university password. But the university says it was purely a precautionary measure after it became aware of a “wider security concern completely unrelated to our data…
UK think tanks hacked by groups in China, cyber-security firm says
Gordon Corera reports: Some UK think tanks were hacked by China-based groups last year, a US cyber-security company which said it investigated the breaches has claimed. Crowdstrike said it saw the repeated targeting of think tanks specialising in international security and defence issues, beginning in April 2017. Read more on BBC.
UK: Hackers break into schools’ CCTV system and stream footage of pupils live on the internet
James Tozer reports: Happily chatting and walking between lessons, these children are being watched by school spy cameras designed for their protection. Now it has emerged that the images can be viewed by anyone after the CCTV systems were hacked and put online. A disturbing website, which boasts ‘Watch live surveillance cameras in the UK’,…