Darren Pauli reports: Police in the northern Australian state of Queensland have been busted accessing citizens’ police files a huge number of times, in some cases without authorisation. The breaches include the accessing of a bikini model and social justice warrior’s QPrime database file some 1,435 times. Former Miss Bikini World contestant Renee Eaves previously…
Category: Non-U.S.
Ca: Personal information in 100,000 IT requests compromised in Simon Fraser University database misconfiguration
Corneilia Naylor reports that Simon Fraser University has self-disclosed that they left a lot of personal information on an unsecured database. Good for them for discovering it and disclosing it, although of course we wish it had never happened or had been discovered sooner. On Jan. 27, 2016, SFU IT services inadvertently copied incidents, inquiries and…
UK: Confidential records of mentally ill patients found in cabinet bought on eBay
Another totally inexcusable and shameful privacy breach. Personal documents containing confidential details of mentally ill patients of the former Wolverhampton NHS Primary Care Trust were found in a filing cabinet bought on eBay. The cabinet contained 60 pages of documents including details of patients’ history of sexual abuse and suicide attempts. Read more on Express &…
UK: Romanian hackers infiltrate Gloucestershire business Versarien
Ellis Lane reports: Hackers have infiltrated Gloucestershire-based Versarien, sending spam emails out to the business’s entire contacts book in the process. The hack came from three different locations, the most prevalent came from Romania, with other hacks from Melbourne in Australia and Camberley in Surrey. Read more on Gloucestershire Live.
Hackers Steal Air India Frequent-Flyer Miles Worth $24,000
Sputnik News reports: Unknown hackers broke into the loyalty program of Indian airlines and robbed at least 20 accounts of frequent-flyer miles worth Rs 1.6 million ($23,745). Delhi Police, who are investigating the case, said that the intruders created 20 email IDs and diverted the reward points earned by Air India’s passengers, with possible help from present or…
Ca: Personal Health Data Breach Triggers Trillium Hospital Class Action
The following is a press release: A proposed class action for a breach of privacy has been commenced against Trillium Health Partners, Mississauga Ophthalmologist Dr. Tony Vettese, and his assistant, Lisa Lyons. Mississauga businesswoman and Trillium patient Katie Mallinson has alleged that Lyons used her access to Trillium’s entire database to secretly review the confidential…