Category: personal information

ANALYSIS: Personal Information of Over 150,000 Canadians in Feds’ Possession Breached, With One Agency Accounting for 70%

Private information belonging to over 150,000 Canadians in possession of federal departments and agencies was breached over a one-year-plus period, with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) being the worst offender, new records analyzed by The Epoch Times show. The analysis is based on figures provided by the federal government in response to an Inquiry of…


ANALYSIS: Personal Information of Over 150,000 Canadians in Feds’ Possession Breached, With One Agency Accounting for 70% of Incidents

Private information belonging to over 150,000 Canadians in possession of federal departments and agencies was breached over a one-year-plus period, with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) being the worst offender, new records analyzed by The Epoch Times show. The analysis is based on figures provided by the federal government in response to an Inquiry of…


Don’t Be the Victim of Cyber Fraud

By Janet Bodnar From Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Eric Iversen, author of “How to Be Cyber Safe + Savvy,” a guide for seniors commissioned by the National Cryptologic Foundation, offers advice for seniors. Question: Why a guide specifically aimed at seniors? Answer: Navigating the online world is a learned skill for seniors, and their lack of…


Details of Over 1.2 Million Credit Cards Leaked Onto DarkWeb BidenCash Website

The credit/debit card details of over 1.2 million people worldwide have been leaked onto a dark web site called BidenCash. Cyble, a global threat intelligence provider, found that the leaked database contains information including card numbers, expiry dates, CVV numbers, and emails of consumers across the globe, including the United States and Australia. “The subject…


ArriveCan: Federal Privacy Watchdog Investigating App’s Collection, Use of Personal Data

Following a recent complaint, an investigation is underway into the collection of personal data through the Liberal government’s ArriveCan app and the data’s subsequent usage, Canada’s federal privacy watchdog confirms.  “Our office has received and is currently investigating a complaint that raises concerns with respect to the collection of personal information through ArriveCAN and subsequent…


Deputy U.S. Marshal Misused Phone Tracker to Spy On ‘Personal Associates’ and Spouses

Deputy U.S. Marshal Adrian Pena, 48, of Del Rio, Texas, has been charged with misusing law enforcement resources to obtain cell phone location information of multiple people, including some with whom he had former relationships. Pena used the Location Based Services (LBS) feature provided by Securus Technologies Inc. (Securus) for his alleged crimes. “Although Pena…


Deputy US Marshal Misused Phone Tracker to Spy On ‘Personal Associates’ and Spouses

Deputy U.S. Marshal Adrian Pena, 48, of Del Rio, Texas, has been charged with misusing law enforcement resources to obtain cell phone location information of multiple people, including some with whom he had former relationships. Pena used the Location Based Services (LBS) feature provided by Securus Technologies Inc. (Securus) for his alleged crimes. “Although Pena…


Hacking Group Is Stealing Personal Data, Communications From Telecom Carriers, Researchers Find

A group of hackers has gained access to telecommunications infrastructure and is retrieving personal information and communications records, according to a report released Tuesday by cybersecurity company CrowdStrike. The group, known as “LightBasin,” has operated since at least 2016 and is “utilizing scanning/packet-capture tools to retrieve highly specific information from mobile communication infrastructure, such as…