Residents in Fylde have had their private details leaked on the internet in a massive security breach by Fylde Council. The council today confirmed that the email addresses of people who took part in a recent consultation had been posted on its website at the weekend. However, victims say details also included mobile phone numbers,…
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Held for selling information on students
Chen Huizhi reports: A former marketing manager at the private educational service New Oriental has been arrested in connection with exchanging and trading tens of millions of items of personal contact information about students, Shanghai police said. The suspect, a 34-year-old man surnamed Gu, was reported to have claimed making a profit of about 10,000…
UK: Three Data Breach Exposes Mobile Customer Account Details To Total Strangers
Steve McCaskill reports: Three customers have reported seeing other users details in their online accounts and My3 application in fresh cybersecurity breach. Three has suffered a new data breach after an apparent technical glitch saw customers presented with the account details of other subscribers. Those affected could apparently access the bills, call logs and phone numbers of…
Hackers Try to Steal Baidu’s Driverless Car Secrets
Tom Mackenzie reports: Baidu Inc. has revealed that a gang of “hackers-for-hire” tried to steal its driverless car technology, prompting it to bulk up its cybersecurity team. The Beijing-based company’s head of cybersecurity, Ma Jie, said it was unclear who was behind the gang. “It’s very difficult to know who employs them to do that,…
Blunder reveals Australian lawmakers’ private cell numbers
PhysOrg reports: Private cellphone numbers of most Australian federal lawmakers, their staff and several former prime ministers have been made public after a government department failed to properly remove them from a routine report. The Department of Parliamentary Services on Monday confirmed the blunder in its latest report on lawmakers’ cellphone and internet spending published on its…
AU: NSW hospital patients not told their medical records were found in public areas
Nick Dole reports on the lack of transparency and notification following breaches of health data in NSW: NSW hospital patients have had their confidential details compromised on multiple occasions, including medical records being found in a public carpark. Many of the most serious privacy breaches have been reported in the Central Coast Local Health District,…