Breaches and Hacks Archive
Australian staffing solutions firm OneHalf has reportedly exposed the records of hundreds of employees in a public GitHub repository. How did the data breach occur? iTnews reported that “hundreds of workers’ details revealed, including detailed medical data”, and that …
The Shanghai police is investigating what seems to be the loss of 130 million customers’ personal data from the Huazhu Hotels Group after the data appeared for sale on a dark web forum. The Huazhu Hotels Group, which manages more …
Sydney-based Ryde Hospital has landed itself in serious trouble after giving the medical records of a sexual assault victim to another patient. The patient who received the records was discharged from the hospital last week after suffering a stomach bug. …
Cyber criminals have hacked the systems of India’s Cosmos Bank and stolen nearly 944 million rupees (approximately US$13.5 million). The criminal hackers reportedly planted malware on an ATM server to steal customer information. The data was then used to clone …
Singapore has suffered its worst cyber attack after criminal hackers stole the personal information of 1.5 million SingHealth patients – just under a third of the population of Singapore. Who has been affected? In a statement, the Ministry of Communications …
It has been revealed that the personal data of more than 5 million Yatra.com customers was exposed in a data breach of the Indian online travel bookings platform. The breach occurred back in 2013, however it was only last week …
On 29 June 2018, Klook announced that it had suffered a potential data breach involving approximately 8% of its users who shared their data on its website between 11 December 2017 and 13 June 2018. The incident involved the possible …
HealthEngine, Australia’s largest online health marketplace, has notified users of a data breach after information was exposed and “may have been improperly accessed” in its web page’s code. In a press release, HealthEngine CEO Dr Marcus Tan said that a …
New Zealand-based fuel supplier, Z Energy, has announced that “customer data from its Z Card online data base (ZCOL) was accessed by a third party in late November 2017”. How did the breach occur? On its website, Z Energy revealed …
International ticket vendor Ticketmaster has “identified malicious software on a customer support product hosted by Inbenta Technologies, an external third-party supplier to Ticketmaster”. Potentially compromised information includes: Names Addresses Email addresses Telephone numbers Payment details Ticketmaster login details International customers …
