Nicole Brockbank reports: A Toronto woman is one of hundreds of Canadians who’ve had their identity stolen and used to apply for government benefits over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. […] The Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre says it has received more than 700 reports of identity fraud linked to CERB across the country. More than…
More than 200 people affected by privacy breaches at Nova Scotia Health
Jack Julian reports: Another privacy breach at Nova Scotia Health has affected more than 200 people. In a release Tuesday, the province’s health authority said they are contacting 211 people by letter whose personal health information was “inappropriately accessed” in two unrelated incidents. The breaches took place at the Aberdeen Hospital in New Glasgow, and…
Class action proposed for victims of Central Health privacy breach
The Telegram reports: St. John’s lawyers Bob Buckingham and Eli Baker say they will launch a class-action lawsuit in relation to a recent privacy breach by a former employee of Central Health. Last week, officials with the health authority said an employee had inappropriately accessed the health records of 240 people online over a two-year…
Twitter says security flaw may have exposed Android users’ direct messages
Salvador Rodriguez reports: Twitter on Wednesday disclosed a new security vulnerability that may have exposed the direct messages of users who access the service using Android devices. Specifically, the vulnerability could have exposed the private data of Twitter users running devices with Android OS versions 8 and 9, the company said. Read more on CNBC.
Delivery startup, iVoy, experiences data breach, over 127,000 accounts exposed
Mariana Lopez reports: What a week it must have been over at Mexican logistics startup, iVoy. When your users’ data has been potentially compromised, you have a lot to do. Last Tuesday (28), news broke that it was among a series of companies to experience a data breach. In the process, a reported 127,432 account users’ emails and iVoy passwords were…
Court Approves Class Action Settlement in RE: YAHOO! Inc.
Zarish Baig of Squire Patton Boggs writes: Yahoo!’s data breach class action is finally being put to rest. Last month, the Northern District of California approved the proposed $117.5M settlement to resolve the claims of approximately 194 million class members in In re Yahoo! Inc. Customer Data Sec. Breach Litig., No. 16-MD-02752-LHK, 2020 U.S. Dist….