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It’s possible to leak PII describing 5.7 million people without breaching privacy rules
Australian telco Optus allegedly left redundant website with poor access controls online for years The data breach at Australian telco Optus, which saw over nine million customers' personal information exposed, has been blamed on a coding error that broke API access controls, and was left in place for years.…
Allegations fly regarding unpaid contractors and iffy infosec Over a million records describing Australians who visited local pubs and clubs have apparently been posted online.…
Latitude blames a 'major vendor' for its woes. Is that a vendor? A cloud? Whoever they are, they're in trouble Latitude Financial has blamed a supplier for leaking creds that caused vast PII leak Australian outfit Latitude Financial has taken itself offline, and even stopped serving customers, while it tries to clean up an attack on its systems.…
Australia's Medibank uses a government-approved Band-Aid to cover a gaping 10-milion-record wound Australian health insurer Medibank – which spent October discovering a security incident was worse than it first thought – has announced it will not pay a ransom to attackers that made off with personal info describing nearly ten million customers.…
Data retention requirements to be considered alongside infosec failings Australian carrier Optus's recent data breach will be investigated by two regulators, the double trouble likely an indicator of the nation's displeasure at the incident – which saw almost ten million locals' personal data exposed online.…