Ebony Bowden reports: Police are investigating a major privacy breach at a Melbourne high school, which saw the personal information of families, including their phone numbers, addresses and Medicare details, published online. It’s believed a number of parents at Blackburn High School also provided their credit card details to scammers, after a phishing email masquerading as a…
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1.5 million students’ data leaked online, put up for sale for up to Rs60,000
Rozelle Laha reports: Phone numbers, email ID and addresses of at least 1.5 million students are available for a price, although it isn’t clear how this happened. For between Rs1,000 and Rs60,000 it is possible to get information on at least 1.5 million students who appeared for examinations of several types since 2009. Read more on…
Eighth Czech man may be taken into custody over police data leak
CTK reports: The State Attorney’s office has proposed that the eighth man be taken into custody in the case of leak of information from Czech police databases, state attorney Petr Sereda told journalists today, adding that in all, 18 people have been accused in connection with it. Sereda said the Municipal Court in Brno had…
Tax worker fired after biggest privacy breach at Revenue Canada
Dean Beeby reports: The Canada Revenue Agency has fired an employee for the biggest single privacy breach ever detected involving confidential taxpayer accounts. The employee improperly accessed the accounts of 38 taxpayers in detail, and briefly accessed another 1,264 accounts using a search function to find surnames and postal codes. Read more on CBC.
Zomato Hacked; 17 Million Accounts Sold on Dark Web
Waqas writes: HackRead found out a vendor going by the online handle of “nclay” is claiming to have hacked Zomato and selling the data of its 17 million registered users on a popular Dark Web marketplace. The database includes emails and password hashes of registered Zomato users while the price set for the whole package is USD…
Mystery cyber attackers targeted MPs earlier in the year, security officials disclose
Ben Farmer reports: Members of Parliament have been deliberately targeted by hackers trying to break into online accounts, security officals have said. The cyber attack earlier this year is understood to have focused on unnamed MPs and political party staff, raising suspicions it was politically motivated. Details of the attack were disclosed after intelligence services warned they…