South Korea has had some major breaches involving consumer information that I’ve reported on over the past years. Here’s a report from Yonhap News that mentions a breach I seem to have missed, though: In February, Homeplus Co., the South Korean unit of British retail giant Tesco PLC, was also indicted on charges of illegally selling…
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Ca: Case of accused CBE teen hacker adjourned until August
Daryl Slade has an update on the case of the teenager accused of hacking the Calgary Board of Education: The lawyer for a 15-year-old boy charged last month with allegedly hacking into Calgary Board of Education servers over a five-month period appeared in youth court on Thursday. The teen, who was represented by lawyer Joel Chevrefils, allegedly…
UK: Customer Data Leaked in Possible Bitcoin Vendor Breach
Stan Higgins reports: A UK bitcoin vendor may have suffered a security breach, temporarily exposing customer data to the public. Visitors to the website for CoinCut, based in London, were able to access directories that included images of passports, credit and debit cards and personal IDs. The site was taken offline, and it is unclear how long the information…
Ca: Victoria urologist suspended, fined $20,000 for breach of privacy
Following up on a previously reported breach from June, 2013, Cindy E. Harnett reports: The College of Physicians and Surgeons has disciplined a Victoria urologist for photographing an unconscious patient in 2013 for the purpose of ridicule, suspending his privileges for up to six months and issuing a $20,000 fine. Dr. John Francis Joseph David Kinahan of…
Hong Kong liquidator KPMG claims it took ‘stolen’ Sing Pao records and hardware
Sometimes a “breach” is not a breach. Eddie Lee reports: Accounting firm KPMG insisted yesterday that it was carrying out its duties as provisional liquidator in collecting computer hardware and electronic records from financially-troubled newspaper Sing Pao Daily News. […] In a statement, KPMG called the allegations surrounding the theft and misappropriation of computer hard drives…
New guidelines after data breaches at University Hospital Galway
Dara Bradley reports: New guidelines for supervising students conducting research at University Hospital Galway (UHG) were put in place following the discovery of a serious breach of data protection of female patients at the hospital. The guidelines were put in place in response to one of a number of data protection breaches, including release of…