This week, DataBreaches.net learned that a civil court in Bengaluru had issued a preliminary junction prohibiting this site from publishing anything about a data security incident involving 1to1Help.net. This site received notice of the injunction five days after the article appeared. At the same time, I learned that 1to1Help.net had filed a criminal complaint against…
FI: Tax authority estimates 27,000 customers affected by mix-up
Yle reports: An error by the Finnish tax authority Vero, in which approximately 27,000 customers received letters containing information relating to other individuals, has created a serious data protection situation, according to the Assistant Data Protection Commissioner Jari Råman. “It is always a serious situation when personal information goes to the wrong place. Especially if…
Records with Information on 770 Elder Abuse or Dependent Adult Abuse Cases Stolen From Riverside County Employee’s Car
CBS reports: Nearly 800 paper files containing sensitive information were stolen last month from a Riverside County employee’s vehicle, the county announced Thursday. The records, stolen July 27, contained sensitive information about cases investigated by the Riverside County Department of Public Social Services, putting the personal data of 770 individuals at risk of misuse, officials…
Air New Zealand data breach: 112,000 Airpoints customers potentially affected after employees fell for phishing attack
TVNZ reports: Air New Zealand is warning over 100,000 Airpoints members that some of their data may have been breached in a cyber attack. The airline emailed customers today apologising and warning them to be on the lookout for phishing emails. The Privacy Commissioner John Edwards told 1 NEWS he was made aware of the…
Bulgaria’s Data Breach Suspect Sent Back to Custody
Reuters reports: The owner of a Bulgarian cyber security company has been sent back into custody, a court said on Thursday, as part of an investigation into the nation’s biggest data breach. The Appellate Specialized Court said Tad Group owner Ivan Todorov, accused of instigating last month’s attack on state tax agency NRA that compromised…
Education software glitch gives predators easy access to school kids
Christopher Harris reports: Australia’s top cyber safety boss has warned that strangers can directly contact students via a privacy glitch in education software, which is available to every public school student in NSW. The loophole allows predators to verify a student’s email using Google Hangouts and then contact them directly or by sharing a Google…