Sherri Borden Colley reports the latest development in a lawsuit filed after an administrative error resulted in “outing” 40,000 medical marijuana users: Lawyers will go before a Federal Court judge in Halifax in June to ask the court to certify a proposed class action on behalf of 40,000 medical marijuana users whose privacy was breached by…
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UK: University of Birmingham exam cheat jailed after hacking computers to boost marks
Ross McCarthy reports: A cheating student who hacked into the University of Birmingham’s computer system so he could get a better degree has been jailed for four months. Imran Uddin, 25, used a keyboard spying device to steal staff passwords and then upped five exam marks, including one from 57 per cent to 73 per cent. Read…
Hack breaches Taipei government computers
Abraham Gerber reports that the hacking of computers in the Taipei Mayor’s office may be more extensive that originally noted on this site a few weeks ago when only one computer had reportedly been compromised by malware: A large amount of information was leaked in a hacking breach of city computers, Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je said yesterday….
IE: Photocopies of college students’ passports left in a skip on busy street
TheJournal.ie reports: Photocopies of sensitive information belonging to students were left in a skip bag outside a Dublin college. The bag was left outside the Dublin College for Advanced Studies (DCAS), a private college on Dublin’s Capel Street. Speaking to TheJournal.ie this evening, John Ryan, the director of studies at DCAS said that the files had been left…
Ca: Fifth prosecution under Health Information Act
It never rains, but it pours? Now there’s a second press release from the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta: An investigation by the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC) has resulted in one charge being laid against an individual under the Health Information Act (HIA). The OIPC conducted an investigation following a report…
Massive TalkTalk data breach STILL causing customer scam tsunami
Kat Hall reports: A fresh wave of scammers appear to be targeting TalkTalk customers, following a massive data theft earlier this year, The Register has learned. In February, TalkTalk admitted to suffering a major breach into its users’ sensitive information, which may have led to some customers handing over bank data to hackers. Read more on The Register.