There was one email breach involving guns in Australia but also one email breach involving guns in Canada this week. Jonathan Guignard reports: Saskatchewan’s privacy commissioner is investigating a potential privacy breach involving the province’s hunting, angling, and trapping licence system (HAL system). The province said the incident occurred on Jan. 7 when an email regarding Hunter…
AU: Police release 500 firearm owner details in email bcc gaffe
Mark Solomons reports: Queensland police have accidentally released details of hundreds of firearms owners in an embarrassing privacy and security breach, which is under investigation. Compounding the error, the move was an attempt to warn firearms owners to secure their properties following a spate of thefts of guns. Read more on Sydney Morning Herald.
Ca: Confidential data stolen from Promutuel ends up online
Natasha Kumar reports: A gang of cyber hackers posted on the dark web confidential documents from Promutuel Insurance. The company, which has around 630,000 customers, is still paralyzed a month after a cyberattack. Our Investigation Office noted the publication of these data on a site of the group of hackers DopplePaymer (sic) in the hidden internet (dark web),…
Ultrapar, attacked on Monday, operates under a contingency regime
CISO Advisor reports (translation): Ultrapar, the parent company of Grupo Ultra, sent CVM today a communication of relevant fact to report a cyber incident. The company says that yesterday it was attacked, without offering other details, and that “preventively interrupted some systems”. There is still no information on the dark web that a ransomware operator has…
Clark Hill Must Produce Cyberattack Report In Malpractice Suit
This looks to be another case where a court shoots downs claims of attorney-client privilege for a breach-related report. And once again, it seems to be a situation in which the firm could not show that the breach litigation was the sole purpose of the report or with whom it was shared. Read about this…
Puget Sound Educational Service District reports data breach
Q13Fox reports: The Puget Sound Educational Service District (PSESD) sent out a notice to current and former students, and employees of King and Pierce County Schools, after learning of a data breach within their computer network. According to PSESD, they first learned of “unusual activity” in its network on or about July 25th of last year. Soon…