Chris Bowen reports: Cowboys Casino is investigating a possible data breach after its computer system was the target of a cyber-attack. The establishment says its IT experts took immediate actions and they are confident they have secured the system. It’s believed some client, employee and corporate information including names, contact information, and other personal data…
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No data stolen in hack: NSW Transport
Updating a previously noted incident. No credit card or personal data was stolen in last week’s breach of the NSW Trainlink online booking system, the transport department said today. Read more on ITnews (AU).
Ca: OSC Announces Sentences and Guilty Pleas in Hospital Privacy Breach Case
The OSC today announced that Nellie Acar, Esther Cruz, Polina (Poly) Edry and Subramanian Sulur entered guilty pleas to charges laid following an investigation by the OSC’s Joint Serious Offences Team (JSOT) related to the misuse of confidential patient information from the Rouge Valley Health System and the Scarborough Hospital. Acar pleaded guilty to one count of secret commissions…
Ca: Rexall hands out patient’s confidential health records to wrong person
CityNews reports: When Maureen Pittman picked up her prescription from a Mississauga Rexall, she didn’t expect to be bringing home another patient’s entire confidential medication history. [… The 6-page] medication history contains the patient’s name, address, phone number, Ontario Health Insurance number, what medications were prescribed and what they are generally used for. Once Pittman realized…
Telecom giant accuses employee of data theft
A telecom in India has filed a criminal complaint against a former employee for stealing proprietary information on his way out. Times of India doesn’t name the employee, but the firm seems to be Gujarat Telecom Circle.
RU: Opposition PARNAS party cancels primaries over massive leak of voters’ personal data
Oh great – another voter database leak. RT reports: The Russian Party of People’s Freedom, PARNAS, has had to suspend its internet primaries after a file with personal details of all participants was placed on the party’s website. Top party officials blame unidentified hackers for the privacy breach. PARNAS was holding primaries in order to…