Alex Hernandez reports: German website heise online is reporting a Minecraft data breach that affects at least 1800 users. The breach is thought to have happened through a phishing attack and the number of users affected could grow. Right now they have verified a list of 1800 usernames and passwords and have authenticated a few of…
Ca: New Northwest Territories health care legislation raises privacy concerns
CBC News reports: Northwest Territories MLAs are reviewing legislation that would allow the territory to start regulating health professions such as naturopaths and psychologists, but the Information and Privacy Commissioner says the proposed bill could violate people’s privacy. Bill 36, which also applies to licensed nurse and emergency medical service practitioners, spells out how complaints…
Police commander sacked over ‘sensitive leak’
BBC reports: A London police borough commander has been sacked by a disciplinary panel for giving details of a “sensitive” police investigation to a journalist. Det Ch Supt Andy Rowell was dismissed without notice after a disciplinary panel found allegations of gross misconduct against him had been proven. The panel heard he had let a…
NZ: Queenstowners’ personal details leaked in privacy breach
Celia Grosble reports: Thousands of Queenstowners’ personal details have been exposed in an “embarrassing” major privacy breach by the district council’s regulatory organisation. Lakes Environmental has inadvertently released, via email, the details of every single complaint it’s received over the past 10 years. Read more on Scene,
AU: Vic university results not hacked: VTAC
The AU AP reports: Students gained early access to an off-limits website though the Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre (VTAC) says its system was not hacked. […] “The exposure was limited to an applicant being able to retrieve their own (university) offer prior to the published release time.” Students only gained early access to their own…
MN: St. Francis police officer subject of criminal investigation over possible data breach
Shannon Prather reports: In what could be one of the first tests of the state’s new tougher data practices laws, the police chief in St. Francis recently initiated a criminal investigation into one of his own officers on allegations that he illegally accessed private data. The officer is accused of viewing recordings of candidates interviewing…