The Irish Aviation Authority has apologised after a data breach on its drone register. Registered owners were allowed to access the names and contact details of all other drone pilots as a result of an error. Read more on The Nationalist.
Category: Non-U.S.
Mossack Fonseca: we were hacked
On April 4, the Panamanian law firm at the center of a huge scandal issued a statement saying, among other things, that the media has misrepresented what they do, that everything they do is perfectly aboveboard, and they regret – but are not responsible for – any clients who may have misused their services despite their due…
Turkish prosecutor opens probe into ‘personal data theft’ of millions
From the it’s-about-time dept., Yeni Şafak reports: … Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ said that the source of the mass leak should be verified. Turkey has a personal data protection law which guarantees personal data protection as an institutional right, in force. Fifty million people is a very big number. We will take all measures to…
AU: Return to sender: unions royal commission apologises over privacy blunder
Paul Karp reports: The royal commission into trade union governance and corruption has apologised to the construction union after giving its confidential documents to another party. On Wednesday the Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union alerted the royal commission that in a further breach it had sent the union confidential information of another company’s employees, the…
University of Liverpool database of 6,500 staff posted on dark Web forum
John E. Dunn reports: Israeli researchers have discovered the contact details for everyone working and teaching at the University of Liverpool circulating on a dark Web forum where it is being promoted to launch targeted phishing attacks. Read more on ComputerworldUK. For many universities, such contact details are considered public domain and/or are freely available on…
Ca: Possible client data breach at Justice Ministry and Edmonton Police
Brenda Neufeld reports: Alberta’s Justice Ministry and Edmonton Police are investigating a potential privacy breach of client data from the department that collects and enforces court-ordered child and spousal support. Minister of Justice and Solicitor General Kathleen Ganley says she’s extremely disappointed to hear about the possible breach in the Maintenance Enforcement Program. An MEP…