Pavel Barter reports: Several legal cases have been filed in the Irish courts against Ticketmaster Ireland, following a 2018 data breach in which the personal and payment information of customers may have been stolen. On June 27, 2018, Ticketmaster sent an email to customers “who purchased, or attempted to purchase, tickets between February and June…
CRA loses box of ‘sensitive’ taxpayer information in truck accident
CRC News reports: The Canada Revenue Agency lost a bin containing Canadians’ tax information after the truck hired to transport the documents was involved in a highway accident earlier this year. The incident was just one of almost 150 privacy breaches reported to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner in the first six months of 2019,…
Alectra confirms no data breach as originally reported by the City of Hamilton
Don Mitchell reports: Alectra Utilities says an investigation has turned up “no breach of customer information” as originally reported by the City of Hamilton in a statement released on Wednesday. In the release, the city said its water-related services, including meter reading, billing, payment, collections, and customer care services, managed by Alectra Utilities, may have…
Minnesota Blue Cross scrambles to boost cyberdefenses
Joe Carlson reports: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota is working rapidly to shore up its cybersecurity defenses after an internal whistleblower raised alarm that the state’s largest health insurer had long neglected thousands of important updates. Internal documents show that Minnesota Blue Cross allowed 200,000 vulnerabilities classified as “critical” or “severe” to linger for…
Love, Bonito apologises to customers after personal data breach
CNA reports: SINGAPORE: Some Love, Bonito customers may have had their personal data leaked after a “malicious code” was found on the retailer’s e-commerce website. In an e-mail sent out to customers on Friday (Dec 13) and seen by CNA, the retailer said the code was added to its website on Tuesday. Read more on Channel…
Attackers Steal Credit Cards in Rooster Teeth Data Breach
Lawrence Abrams reports: Rooster Teeth Productions have suffered a data breach that allowed attackers to steal credit card and other payment information from shoppers on the company’s online store. The production company, known for its popular shows and documentaries such as RTDocs, Crunch Time, Red vs. Blue, gen:LOCK, and Day 5, suffered an attack that…