The Yomiuri Shimbun is reporting a significant data theft case affecting as many as 5.06 million people who used online shopping and other web sites in Japan. The Metropolitan Police Department said that the IDs and passwords were found on computer servers it seized in relation to alleged unauthorized access via proxy servers by a Chinese…
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Hackers break into Lufthansa customer database
Looks like I prepared this but forgot to post it last week. Let’s get caught up: DW reports that Lufthansa airline has experienced a hack involving its frequent flyer or rewards program. But unlike other airlines that reported similar breaches, in this case, other databases were also seemingly involved and the hackers were able to obtain…
AU: Alleged hacker to face Brisbane court
AAP reports: A Queensland man is facing fraud and cyber crime charges after he allegedly hacked into the computer at a Brisbane business education facility. Detectives from the Fraud and Cyber Crime Group searched a number of addresses in the Brisbane area on Friday and seized a computer and electronic equipment. They say they arrested…
Curious employee breached privacy of 39 patients, Island Health authority admits
Canadian Press reports: The health authority on Vancouver Island says an employee who had nothing to do with the care of 39 patients accessed their health records out of curiosity about friends or neighbours. Suzanne Germain, of Island Health, said an investigation began last November after allegations that a longtime worker was looking at confidential…
Hackers Make off With Data on 100,000 French State TV Contacts
AFP reports: Hackers bypassed insufficient safeguards to make off with data on 100,000 contacts held on French state TV computers, broadcasters said Wednesday. The attack occurred Tuesday and involved the theft of “a limited amount of personal data (names, postal and e-mail addresses and/or telephone numbers),” France Televisions said in a statement. The data heist…
UK law firms investigated 187 times for data protection breaches
John E. Dunn reports: UK law firms were investigated 187 times by the Information Commissioner in 2014 for possible breaches of the Data Protection Act (DPA), a Freedom of Information (FoI) data by encryption firm Egress Software Technologies has revealed. It might be assumed that legal firms would be especially careful with personal data but…