Tony Yoo reports: A Sydney startup has had its customer data stolen with the hackers threatening to publish the information unless bitcoins are paid out. Customers of ticketing platform Qnect, which is widely used by the university sector for organising social events, this week received SMS messages stating that their personal data has been stolen…
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ZA: Old Mutual targeted in data breach
Financial services company Old Mutual has notified its customers of a data breach, after it detected unauthorised entry to one of its systems which led to some personal customer information being accessed. The company said that personal information of a relatively small group of customers in South Africa was accessed including ‘customers’ name, telephone number…
UK: Fury as Basildon Council is fined £150k after accidentally publishing travellers’ private details online
Charles Thomson reports: Basildon Council has been fined £150,000 for breaching the Data Protection Act, after accidentally publishing a resident’s details on the council website. The council published a planning statement on its website but failed to redact private information before making it public. The private information remained online for six weeks before eventually being…
AU: Camberwell High School becomes second target of major privacy breach in two weeks
Ebony Bowden reports: Police are investigating a second major privacy breach at a Melbourne high school which saw the personal information of families illegally accessed by a student. The breach at Camberwell High School follows a similar but unrelated incident at Blackburn High School two weeks ago where the personal information of families was illegally…
Ca: ‘Anomaly’ caused OHIP privacy breach
The province plans to resume mailing health card renewal notices more than a month after a printing “anomaly” caused a privacy breach. Incorrectly printed forms resulted in the personal information for thousands of children being mailed to strangers in April. A spokesperson for the Ministry of Government and Consumer Services, Harry Malhi, said in an…
Manitoba nurse fined $1,000 for privacy breach
Jane Gerster reports: A Manitoba nurse has been fined $1,000 for inappropriately accessing confidential patient information, the latest in a string of privacy breaches in recent years. The College of Registered Nurses of Manitoba isn’t releasing details about what information the female nurse looked at or why, but makes clear in a written decision posted…