Ng Kang-Chung reports: A report by the Privacy Commissioner found the electoral office failed to take adequate steps to protect the personal data of Hong Kong’s 3.78 million voters stored in one of two laptop computers that were stolen during the chief executive election in March. Read more on South China Morning Post. Kang-Chung provides…
UK: Gloucester City Council fined by ICO for not updating OpenSSL promptly, which permitted Heartbleed exploitation by Anonymous
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined Gloucester City Council £100,000 after a cyber attacker accessed council employees’ sensitive personal information. The attacker took advantage of a weakness in the council’s website in July 2014, which led to over 30,000 emails being downloaded from council mailboxes. The messages contained financial and sensitive information about council…
You shot the messenger and then needed her help? How did that work out for you?
Some readers might appreciate an update as to what happened when Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center and iHealth Solutions sent legal threat letters to this site after I notified them and reported that they were leaking protected health information. As I previously noted, I was – and remain – very grateful to Covington & Burling for their representation of me and this…
Washington State Uni notifies those affected by stolen hard drive
PULLMAN, Wash., June 9, 2017 — Today, Washington State University (WSU) announced that it is addressing a security incident involving certain community members’ personal information. Though there is no evidence the personal information has been accessed or misused, WSU is notifying impacted individuals and offering free identity protection services to those individuals whose personal information may have…
CD Projekt Red Reveals Cyberpunk 2077 Data Theft
Aiden Strawhun reports: The Witcher 3 developer CD Projekt Red has another much-anticipated project in the works, but it seems the situation is getting a bit dire. Announced by the development team on Twitter, a person or group has stolen documents and files related to their forthcoming game Cyberpunk 2077 and is demanding a ransom….
Accused Yahoo hacker’s bail bid denied
Canadian Press reports: A Canadian accused in a massive hack of Yahoo emails will have to stay in custody as he prepares to fight extradition to the United States. Ontario’s appeal court has dismissed Karim Baratov’s effort to fight a judge’s decision to deny him bail, saying that while the judge made some mistakes, they…