Derek Cheng reports: New Zealand First leader Winston Peters says a “disgruntled source” is behind a series of leaks and a serious data breach, and is referring them to police and the Privacy Commissioner. Peters, who is also Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, said on Twitter this evening that the information sent to media…
Hibiscus Petroleum suffers cyber attack
Mark Lammey reports: Hibiscus Petroleum said today that its IT system was “subjected to an attack” last week. The Malaysian firm said the affected parts of the system were isolated and partially shut down. Hibiscus said the system was gradually being restored and that production operations had not been impacted. Read more on Energy Voice. …
NZ: Confidential information at risk after computer stolen from Commerce Commission
James Fyfe and Edward O’Driscoll report: A computer holding hundreds of meeting and interview transcripts has been stolen from the Commerce Commission. The computer belonged to an external provider and was taken last week, the Commerce Commission said in a statement on Tuesday. The transcripts cover a range of the commission’s work and may date…
IN: Senior account manager arrested in Bengaluru
Kiran Parashar reports that 40-year-old senior account manager with a multinational software firm has been arrested and charged with stealing the firm’s employee information and client data. Although the Times of India report names the man, they do not name the victim company, his former employer, and the name of the firm does not appear…
Switzerland stops information exchange with Bulgaria
Cristian Angeloni reports: The Swiss Federal Council has halted its automatic exchange of information (AEOI) agreement with Bulgaria. The move follows a problem with data security in the Eastern European country in July 2019, when a leak exposed financial account information of four million Bulgarians and foreign taxpayers. Although the Bulgarian National Revenue Agency was…
ED can withhold names of tax evaders in Panama Papers: Central Information Commission
PTI reports: The names of alleged tax evaders appearing in the Panama Papers leak can be withheld by the Enforcement Directorate from disclosure, the Central Information Commission has held. The Commission made these observations while deciding the plea of Durga Prasad Choudhary who did not get a satisfactory response from the agency on his RTI…