Catalin Cimpanu reports on a vulnerability first reported by Project Insecurity researchers: All major Canadian internet service providers (ISPs) have patched a vulnerability this week in their telecommunications relay services (TRSs). TRS systems, or IP-relays, are telco-provided services that allow people with disabilities —such as deafness or speech disorders— to place calls to standard telephone…
Mexicans served with Dark Tequila in spyware spree
Charlie Osborne reports: The citizens of Mexico are being served with a rather unpalatable form of tequila — a dark version — and the name given to a threat group which has been covertly stealing valuable data from its victims for years. On Tuesday, researchers from Kaspersky Lab revealed the existence of Dark Tequila, a…
TPS recovers confidential student information found in dumpster behind Tulsa school
Samuel Hardiman and Reece Ristau report: Tulsa Public Schools may have violated multiple current or former students’ privacy rights afforded under federal law if it failed to protect confidential student records a Tulsa woman said she found in large metal trash receptacles behind McKinley Elementary School on Sunday evening. The records include gifted and talented…
UK: Superdrug hack: Data thieves claim to have information on 20,000 customers
Jon Sharman reports: Superdrug has been targeted by hackers claiming they had access to tens of thousands of customers’ personal details including dates of birth and phone numbers. The high street chain it had been contacted by someone who claimed that they had obtained the details of approximately 20,000 customers. The company confirmed that 386 of the…
AU:Sexual assault victim’s medical records given to wrong person
Another small-N breach with huge consequences. Chris O’Keefe reports: Ryde Hospital is at the centre of a gross breach of privacy, after the medical records of a sexual assault victim were mistakenly handed to another patient. A young woman was discharged from the hospital in Sydney’s North last week after presenting with a stomach bug….
Delhi HC issues notice in Shamnad Basheer’s plea seeking damages for Aadhaar data leaks
Aditi Singh reports: The Delhi High Court today issued notice to Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) and the Central government in a plea seeking damages for Aadhaar data leaks. The respondents were granted six weeks’ time to file their replies in the matter. A Division Bench of Justices S Ravindra Bhat and Anu Malhotra was hearing a…