Update: I think we need to forget about this story’s claim of guests being locked in rooms, etc. This now appears to be fake news based on a report from a site that is not a reputable news site. I’m not sure about another site that carried the story of ransomware but without the bit about guests…
Category: Non-U.S.
In: Laptop stolen from Government Medical College and Hospital premises
Mohammed Akhef reports: AURANGABAD: A laptop worth Rs 15,000 was stolen from a doctor’s office in the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) between 1.30 pm and 2.30 pm on Tuesday. The medical officer, Dr Abhijeet Bandgar (31) a resident of GMCH quarters lodged a complaint with the Begumpura police station stating that he left…
Delhi hackers, digital shoplifters who tampered data of e-commerce portals
Shiv Sunny reports: Four young hackers have been arrested for allegedly digitally shoplifting vouchers worth Rs92 lakh [$134,985.29 USD] by tampering with the data of e-commerce websites at the payment gateway stage. Two of them are BTech dropouts, one is pursuing engineering while the other is a BCA from Delhi University, police said. Calling it…
Ca: Break-in prompts hospital to assess possible patient privacy breach
George Mathewson and Troy Shantz report: Bluewater Health has contacted the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario about a potential breach of confidential patient information stemming from a break-in at the former Sarnia General Hospital site. […] On Jan. 18, Sarnia Police reported a 30-year-old woman had been arrested after allegedly exiting a taxi and leaving behind…
Ca: Grey Eagle Resort & Casino hacked; hackers threaten to dump sensitive employee and customer info
From the this-looks-like-it-is-going-to-get-ugly-really-quickly dept.: There was a somewhat ominous message posted on Pastebin on January 24: Grey Eagle Resort and Casino has been hacked hundreds of gigabytes of data has been stolen and will be released in several data dumps data includes customer gambling habits and gambling debt customer information names, DOB, phone numbers, Email, SIN…
Realty firm fined $10,000 by Singapore regulator for data security failure
Singapore’s Personal Data Commission has imposed a $10,000 penalty on Propnex Realty for failing to make reasonable security arrangements to prevent unauthorized access of individuals’ personal data stored online. On December 28, 2015, the Personal Data Protection Commission (“Commission”) received a complaint from a complainant in relation to the publication online of the Propnex Realty’s internal…