Police estimate a Gisborne teenager’s internet banking fraud could now have a tally as high as $260,000. Jake Kyle Hall, 19, yesterday pleaded guilty in Gisborne District Court to about 95 more fraud charges. He had already pleaded guilty last December to about 80 charges, with a total of his unlawful takings estimated at that time…
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UK: Cambridgeshire County Council’s data breach shockers – Big Brother Watch
Big Brother Watch cites a Cambridge News article from May 13, but I can’t seem to load the original article, so am using BBW’s report: Elderly care papers held by an agency were found dumped in a bin as part of a shocking series of data breaches by Cambridgeshire County Council, the News can reveal….
AU: CabCharge Data Exposed, Still Waiting For A Response Much Like Their Customers!
RiskBased Security reports that although it notified CabCharge of a misconfigured database leaking customer information and CabCharge seems to have taken steps to secure the data, CabCharge has neither acknowledged the notification nor notified customers: …. Our lead researcher quickly contacted CabCharge.com.au to alert them to the issue. After a few hours of checking on the status of…
130 days, 1,500 notifications: Does Dutch breach rule foreshadow GDPR?
Lokke Moerel and Alex van der Wolk write: As we write this, it is now four months since the new data breach notification law in the Netherlands went into effect. Since 1 January 2016, data controllers are obliged to notify the Dutch data protection authority (DPA) and individuals if the security of personal data has been…
Ca: Snooping privacy breach at Joseph Brant Hospital leaves more questions than answers
Joanna Frketich reports: Oliver Rodd was in crisis in the emergency department when a nurse at Joseph Brant Hospital snooped in his electronic patient record. The snooper was on the surgical floor where his girlfriend worked, looking at private information containing details about the 57-year-old Burlington man’s anxiety, depression and suicidal thoughts. “Somebody hacked into…
Privacy commissioner closes door on Corner Brook privacy breach
Mistakes happen, and not every incident should result in a regulator investigation or smackdown. Cory Hurly provides a useful example of that: Given there was no complaint from anybody potentially impacted by an inadvertent release of documents on the City of Corner Brook’s website, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner has all but closed the file. Sean Murray,…