Michael Smyth reports: The Regina Police Service is alerting people that it’s received numerous complaints of debit card frauds this past week. Investigators say card numbers were stolen at different Regina businesses between March and April this year, likely by using skimming equipment. Suspects typically swap a machine with their own PIN pad, which records…
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UK: Emails reveal how Rotherham Council bosses ‘covered up’ laptop theft details and didn’t even get a slap on the wrist from the ICO
Back in February, this site noted a report indicating that Roterham Council had covered up the theft of 21 laptops containing sensitive information about victims of child sexual exploitation. Now more details have emerged about the cover up. Chris Burn of The Star reports on documents obtained under Freedom of Information from the Information Commissioner’s Office….
Hackers intercept NZ taxidermy company’s invoices, trick clients
Nick Truebridge reports: A South Canterbury business has been hit by hackers who intercepted its invoices and prompted clients to deposit money into foreign bank accounts. Kerry O’Rourke, a part-owner in Pleasant Point’s O’Rourke Brothers Taxidermy, said far only one of O’Rourke’s clients has been sucked into the scam, losing “probably about €2000 ($3583) into an…
Ca: Some Rogers Communications’ customer data stolen by former contractor’s employee
Morgan Modjeski reports that Rogers Communications is notifying 226 customers that a former employee of a contractor had stolen their personal information. Rogers reportedly only learned of the breach when York Regional Police notified them that in the course of an investigation, they had found customers’ telephone numbers, full names, credit card information and even Social Insurance…
Hard drive with personal info on 3.4 million B.C. and Yukon students lost
The Canadian Press reports: The B.C. government says a hard drive containing personal information and student records of 3.4 million residents in British Columbia and Yukon has been lost. Technology Minister Amrik Virk says the unencrypted data from 1986 to 2009 also includes information about children in care, teacher retirement and graduation dates for cancer…
Ca: APEGA database breached affecting 75,000 members
CBC News reports: The body that regulates the practices of engineers and geologists in Alberta reported a “significant data breach.” when all the names and email addresses of its 75,000 members were leaked to an unknown party as a result of a phishing event. The database of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta was breached at around 11:45 a.m….