On March 30, DataBreaches.net posted an update to a controversial data breach that MobiKwik denies (previous coverage can be found here). The controversy subsequently escalated on Twitter when people started complaining that they had found their data in the leaked database and that it corresponded to what they had on file with MobiKwik. In addition…
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A first in Canada: Class action over loss of personal information dismissed on the merits
Stéphane Pitre, Anne Merminod, Alexandra Hebert, Alexis Leray of BLG Law Firm write: On March 26, 2021, the Superior Court rendered a landmark judgment dealing with the loss of personal information, Lamoureux c. OCRCVM, 2021 QCCS 1093. Madam Justice Florence Lucas, J.C.S. dismisses the class action filed by the plaintiff, Danny Lamoureux in its entirety in…
Man charged for hacking Kansas water utility with intent to harm public
Catalin Cimpanu reports: The US Department of Justice has indicted today a Kansas man on charges of hacking into the computer system of a local water utility and trying to sabotage water processing operations with the intent to harm the local public. According to court documents, the incident took place on March 27, 2019, and…
Cyber attack – EVK Lippstadt stops patient admission
The situation described in this news report is exactly what all countries must cooperate to prevent — a hospital has been unable to care for patients due to a cyberattack. Patients are being diverted. Hellweg Radio reports (translation): The Evangelical hospital in Lippstadt does not accept any more patients until further notice. This is due to…
Update: BioTel Heart notifies patients of vendor leak. Did vendor fail to notify them?
A cardiac monitoring firm is now notifying patients after a Google search on their name in January led them to an August, 2020 report on this site about a vendor’s leak. But why didn’t they know about it already from the vendor last year or from the notifications this site had sent them last year?…
Booking.com hit with €475K penalty for failing to report a breach within 72 hours
Politico reports: Hotel booking site Booking.com got hit with a €475,000 fine for being late to report a data breach, the company’s lead EU privacy regulator announced Wednesday. The fine, imposed by the Dutch data protection authority because the company is legally established in Amsterdam, came after criminals stole the personal data of more than…