Sarah Swain reports: Computer hackers have allegedly breached TAFE NSW’s payroll system and stolen bank details of at least two dozen staff, TAFE and a victim of the hack said. Around 30 employees have not been paid on time after having personal information stolen in what TAFE NSW said was a “targeted phishing attack”. Read…
Lawsuit against UnityPoint Health partly dismissed, but Wisconsin plaintiffs can move forward on claims of negligence
WKOW reports on litigation involving two UnityPoint Health phishing-related breaches disclosed last year: A federal judge has dismissed parts of a lawsuit against UnityPoint Health, but is letting other parts move forward after a data breach last year. UnityPoint Health, which operates Meriter Hospital in Madison, alerted the public in 2018 about two security breaches…
1to1Help.net gets injunction against DataBreaches.net; Seeks criminal charges against blogger
From the you-really-should-have-read-my-About-page dept: In today’s episode of “Shoot the Messenger,” a company in India that apparently didn’t want me reporting on their data leak got a court there to issue an injunction barring me from publishing. They also filed a criminal complaint against me and this blog based on what appears to be a…
AU: Thousands of medical histories exposed in data breach
Ben Grubb reports: Tens of thousands of Australians have had their medical histories and other private information exposed in a large data breach of a company that enabled them to participate in paid clinical trials. The database belonging to Neoclinical exposed approximately 37,000 people’s contact information and their responses to personal medical questions qualifying them…
New Hampshire Governor Signs Insurance Data Security Law
Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: On August 2, 2019, New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu signed into law SB 194 (the “Bill”), which requires insurers licensed in the state (“licensees”) to put in place data security programs and report cybersecurity events. Although the Bill takes effect January 1, 2020, licensees have one year from the effective date…
Data breach of 23,000 Revenu Québec employees leads to 2 arrests
Kalina Laframboise reports: Two people have been arrested in connection with a massive leak of personal information at Quebec’s revenue agency. The Sûreté du Québec say officers arrested a 39-year-old woman and a 46-year-old man from Quebec City on Wednesday morning. They are expected to meet with investigators. The breach affects 23,000 current and former…