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Chris Keall reports: The Reserve Bank has suffered the ignominy of being the first organisation to be hit by a compliance notice under the new Privacy Act, which came into force in December last year. Privacy Commissioner John Edwards says an independe… Continue reading NZ: Reserve Bank hit with compliance notice from Privacy Commissioner over data breach
BusinessTech reports: African Bank has confirmed that one of its appointed professional debt recovery partners, Debt-IN, was targeted by cybercriminals in April 2021. At the time, expert security advice concluded that there was no evidence that the ran… Continue reading African Bank warns of data breach with personal details compromised
Charlie Weston reports: A leading credit union body is seeking assurances from the Central Bank that it can protect the personal data of people who have to register with it. The call from the Irish League of Credit Unions comes after the Central Bank m… Continue reading Credit unions demand assurances from Central Bank after data leak blunder
Sergiu Gatlan reports: Juliana Barile, the former employee of a New York credit union, pleaded guilty to accessing the financial institution’s computer systems without authorization and destroying over 21 gigabytes of data in revenge after being … Continue reading Fired NY credit union employee nukes 21GB of data in revenge
FInews reports: There was a cyber attack on the Neuchâtel Cantonal Bank (BCN) at the beginning of August, spokeswoman Marie-Laure Chapatte, told the «AWP» news agency (in German), resulting in the potential theft of around 1,500 email addresses. Neithe… Continue reading Hackers Steal Data from Neuchâtel Cantonal Bank
TaMaryn Waters reports: Envision Credit Union may have been the latest victim of an apparent ransomware attack, a malicious software that disrupts computer systems until demands are met. Initial signs of a potential attack surfaced this week on social … Continue reading Envision Credit Union ‘taking all appropriate steps’ after possible cyber attack
Colin Staub reports: Morgan Stanley has identified the data center decommissioning provider it claims was responsible for a data-breach incident, which led to lawsuits and a $60 million penalty against the financial giant. The bank was named as a defen… Continue reading Morgan Stanley names vendor in data security case
Ax Sharma reports: Chase Bank has admitted to the presence of a technical bug on its online banking website and app that allowed accidental leakage of customer banking information to other customers. […] The issue is believed to have lasted betwe… Continue reading JP Morgan Chase Bank Admitted Leaking Sensitive Data of its Customers
Angelica Mari reports: The Brazilian government has released a note stating the National Treasury has been hit with a ransomware attack on Friday (13). According to a statement from the Ministry of Economy, initial measures to contain the impact of the… Continue reading Brazilian National Treasury hit with ransomware attack
Ryan W. Neal reports: Morgan Stanley has asked a New York federal court to throw out a class action lawsuit alleging the firm failed to properly wipe sensitive client information from decommissioned computer equipment that has since gone missing. The f… Continue reading Morgan Stanley asks court to throw out data security lawsuit