RTÉ reports: The director of a Galway-based private investigation company has pleaded guilty at Tuam District Court to breaches of the Data Protection Act. Michael Ryan, of Glen Collection Investments Ltd, in Glenamaddy, obtained personal information from the Department of Social Protection when he was working on behalf of AIB and Bank of Ireland. Read…
KS: Hutchinson Community Foundation reports ransomware incident
The Hutchinson Community Foundation is making donors, vendors and other stakeholders aware of a data breach that might have compromised personal and financial information. […] The breach came to the Community Foundation staff’s attention Sept. 19, when ransomware was discovered on the foundation’s network server. Ransomware encrypts files until a “ransom” is paid. Fortunately, the…
CN: 201 people arrested in infringement of personal information case
CRI reports: Chinese police have arrested 201 suspects in an infringement of citizen’s personal information case, the Ministry of Public Security said Sunday. The case sprawled 25 provincial regions across China. […] Initial investigations showed nine gangs were involved. Each gang consisted of information sources together with three levels of agents. Personal information was sold…
Va. launches investigation after discovering 20-30 boxes of veterans’ records in ex-Veterans Services employee’s storage unit
Mark Bowes reports: A state investigation is underway after authorities said they discovered 20 to 30 boxes of documents, including claims filed by veterans, in a storage unit once leased by a former Virginia Department of Veterans Services employee who worked at the agency’s veterans benefits office at McGuire Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Veterans Services…
‘Bohrileaks’: Massive data leak hits Bohri Muslims ahead of Moharram
Gaurav Sarkar reports: Ahead of Moharram, a website named ‘Bohrileaks’ has released the Ashara attendance records of Bohri Muslims around the globe—including names, cell phones numbers—in what it claims is an effort to expose how poorly guarded the community’s personal data is. The Dawoodi Bohra Fatemi dawat, the trust that governs the community and has…
Northwest Community notifies patients of R-C Healthcare breach
It may seem like old news to you by now, but some patients affected by a third-party breach at R-C Healthcare are first finding out about it now. As reported previously on this site, R-C Healthcare had been notified by Bon Secours on June 14 that files with 655,000 of its patients’ records were exposed. The exposure…