Mumbai: After data from a privately-run pathology lab, Health Care Solutions, Parel, leaked around six months ago and has been in circulation on social media, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has now decided to issue a show-cause notice to the lab for being ‘irresponsible’. The leaked data contained the test results of patients, along with vital…
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Queensland U. of Technology hires IT firm to investigate claims student data was improperly accessed in 18C case
Hedley Thomas reports: An independent new probe will investigate whether unlawful privacy breaches at the Queensland University of Technology led to the personal data of students in a racial hatred case being obtained by the lawyers for their accuser during her $250,000 damages claim. QUT has asked external IT experts to examine computer and back-up…
Zitius apologises for consumer data leak
Seen on Telecompaper: Telia Company subsidiary Zitius Service Delivery has apologised after a list of other operators’ broadband customers’ personal details was accidentally sent to a handful of its service suppliers. It said the customers affected came from a limited geographic area, and that the accidental recipients are reputable and professional operators. Zitius recognised that…
NorQuest College faces tough questions from MLAs on alleged fraud and security breach
Kim Trynacity reports: During what was sometimes a testy exchange with MLAs, the president of NorQuest College fended off a wide range of questions Tuesday about an alleged fraud and massive security breach at the college between 2008 and 2012. Appearing for the first time since the public learned about the incidents in September 2016, NorQuest…
DBS staff arrested over customer data leaks
Duan Ting reports: More than 20 DBS current and previous employees including directors in the direct sales team have been arrested over leaks of customers’ personal information to third parties for loan promotions. The arrests come after the case was investigated by the city’s graft-buster. According to the local media, customers’ private information was leaked…
UK: KFC warns 1.2 million Colonel’s Club loyalty scheme members of data breach after website hacked
Richard Wheatstone reports: KFC has warned 1.2 million customers in its Colonel’s Club loyalty scheme that their data may have been breached in a hacking attack. The fast food giant e-mailed customers this afternoon advising them to change their passwords and take precautions over other online accounts. Read more on The Mirror.