CTV reports: The federal government is investigating whether any of its employees were affected after the personal information of some federal, provincial and municipal government workers was leaked online. Intelligent Transportation Systems Society of Canada was the target of an attack, and some of the information in its databases was leaked online, the company’s developer…
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Anonymous Claims It Leaked Passwords and Credit Card Info of Canadian Officials
Motherboard reports: Members of Anonymous are claiming responsibility for leaking a trove of personal data that includes the names, email addresses, phone numbers, and partial credit card information of government employees. The information was dumped from an online database belonging to the Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Society of Canada, and was posted online shortly before noon…
AU: ALP says PM may have aided ASIO breach
Once again, what’s exposed in the background of a news film may reveal sensitive information. AAP reports: ASIO chief Duncan Lewis briefed Mr Abbott and Justice Minister Michael Keenan on the spread of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria during a tour of ASIO’s new headquarters in Canberra on Wednesday. Shadow Justice Minister David Feeney…
Ca: Detour Gold data dump exposed over 1,300 employees’ details
Since April, DataBreaches.net has been reporting on the hack of a small Canadian gold-mining firm, Detour Gold. As noted in April, hackers who call themselves Angels_of_Truth claim to have hacked Detour Gold in revenge for Canada’s economic sanctions on Russia. Their statements have been written in both English and Russian. Following the first paste and…
AU: Sussan’s website taken offline after security breach
Eloise Keating reports: Fashion retailer Sussan took down its own website for six days following “a security incident”. Sussan customers were notified on Friday evening that the company had suspended its website two days earlier, on June 17, after the breach was uncovered. Sussan said its site would remain offline over the week but was…
IE: Data-security breach notifications jumped 50% last year
The Irish Examiner reports: There was a 50% jump in the number of data-security breach notifications to the Data Protection Officer last year compared to 2013. The office also investigated controversies involving PPS numbers at Irish Water and the Department of Education, and engaged with the Department of Communications in relation to Eircode – the…