Andy Ricketts reports: The MS Society has written to approximately 25,000 of its website users to warn them that their personal information might have been compromised by a cyber attack. The charity said it had discovered malicious software on its website systems that could mean it had been subject to a hacking attempt. People who might have…
Category: Non-U.S.
Kmart customer details hacked
Asha Barbaschow reports that online customers of Kmart in Australia have had some their data hacked: Kmart has employed IT forensic investigators after the personal details of its online customers were hacked. The Wesfarmers-owned company said no customer credit card or other payment details have been compromised, however, customer’s names, email addresses, home addresses, telephone…
Ca: Tax workers continue to peek at forbidden files: internal reports
Dean Beeby reports: Canada Revenue Agency workers continue to poke into the confidential tax files of friends and foes, despite assurances to Canada’s privacy commissioner that the chronic problem of unauthorized access is being fixed. The 34 significant privacy breaches reported by the CRA to the commissioner in 2014 show all but two were deliberately…
Ca: Data breach turns into MLA laugh-fest
Les Leyne writes: Lovely to see how the latest data-privacy breach moved from a dramatic crisis to light entertainment in the space of a week. The news that the Education Ministry had misplaced a data drive packed with sensitive information about school kids was treated like an Amber Alert when the government ’fessed up to…
Canadian physician facing disciplinary charges over snooping in patients’ records
There’s an update to a breach that I hadn’t read about back in June when it was first reported. The breach allegedly involves one doctor who improperly accessed two patients’ records held at Group Health Centre and Sault Area Hospital. But the allegations have some bizarre features, as SooToday reports: The hospital reported in June that an internal investigation into…
AU: Leaked documents: 31 ‘identified’ privacy breaches not too bad, says Department of Veterans Affairs
Ian McPhedran reports: The Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) has played down the extent of privacy breaches under departmental document leaks. However the scandal has deepened with more than a dozen veterans and advocates coming forward with examples of serious breaches since News Corp Australia last week revealed that personal documents including medical reports and compensation…