On Thursday it was revealed that about a month ago the EQC had suffered another privacy breach. The breach was the result of 2,200 names and information relating to stopped cheques worth $23 million being emailed to a member of the public.
Category: Data Breach
The EQC Privacy Breach – Where’s the Risk Management?
On Friday, Ian Simpson the Chief Executive of the Earthquake Commission (EQC) held a media conference and announced that a staff member had accidentally sent an email with an attachment containing a spreadsheet with the details of 9,700 Christchurch residents and their claims, to a recipient outside of the organisation.
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Earlier this week Mandiant released a report about an advanced persistent threat APT1 , where they reveal evidence of cyber espionage targeting a variety of organisations around the world.
Privacy Breaches – Carrot or Stick?
Interesting article in the NY Times here
It discusses the loss of an unencrypted laptop by a NASA employee that contained the confidential details of 10,000 employees including names, birth dates, social security numbers and, in some cases, personal information from background checks.