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…
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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…
New EU fines will apply to ‘old’ data breaches
Oooh. Pay attention, EU. Peter Teffer reports: Companies operating in the EU that are currently hiding serious data breaches similar to those that rocked Facebook last month better disclose those before 25 May, or be prepared to pay serious fines. On that date, the EU’s new general data protection regulation (GDPR) will come into force….
Sodexo Filmology data breach – Users need cancel their credit cards
Pierluigi Paganini reports: Sodexo food services and facilities management company notified a number of customers that it was the victim of a targeted attack on its cinema vouchers platform, Filmology and it is urging them to cancel their credit cards. The service rewards UK employee via discounted cinema tickets, the website was taken down in response…