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Canadian Standards Association Learning Centre compromised

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2008-02-10 19:14:30 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Canadian Standards Association (CSA) Group Contractor/Consultant/Branch None Victims CSA online Learning Centre customers Number Affected Unknown Types of Data Names, addresses, credit card account numbers, and card expiration dates Breach Description Unauthorized online access was obtained by intruders to the Canadian Standards...
 
Tags: breach description, breach, credit card, credit card issuer, security breach, encryption, secret key encryption, credit card company, security
 
 
 
 
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Thousands of Canadian Chrysler Financial customers at risk

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2008-04-30 22:04:34 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Canadian customers Number Affected thousands Types of Data names, addresses and social insurance numbers Breach Description TORONTO - The lending arm of the Chrysler Corporation says the U-P-S courier service may have lost a data tape containing personal information about thousands of its Canadian customers Reference URL The Windsor Star...
 
Tags: chrysler, chrysler financial spokeswoman, chrysler financial, lost tape, tape, chrysler financial claims, data tape, customers, tape drive
 
 
 
 
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Canadian Group Says Facebook Violates Privacy Laws

2008-06-03 02:21:14 by Dave Lewis in Liquidmatrix Security Digest
 
...Canadian public policy group Friday filed a complaint charging Facebook with 22 separate violations of a Canadian personal information protection law The Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC), based at the University of Ottawa, asks the Privacy Commissioner of Canada to investigate what it describes as Facebooks failure...
 
Tags: facebook, privacy, canadian public policy, public, personal information, privacy commissioner, ottawas student population, canadian internet policy, obtain permission
 
 
 
 
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Canadian farmer personal information on stolen CCGA laptop

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2008-06-08 19:32:52 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Canadian Canola Growers Association (CCGA Victims Farmers Number Affected 32,000 Types of Data social insurance numbers, bank account numbers and other data Breach Description OTTAWA, June 5 (UPI) -- Prairie farmers in Canada are upset the federal government waited two months to tell them a laptop computer containing their personal data...
 
Tags: information, laptop, financial information, confidential information, laptop affects, computer, strict security measures, ccga, laptop computer
 
 
 
 
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Canadian law clinic files privacy complaint against Facebook

2008-05-30 00:00:00 by Grant Gross in Network World on Security
 
A Canadian university law clinic has filed a privacy complaint against Facebook, alleging that the social-networking site's policies include 22 separate violations of a Canadian privacy law
 
Tags: privacy complaint, canadian privacy law, policies include, facebook, violations, site, filed
 
 
 
 
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Credit-card firms investigate fraud at Canadian airport kiosks

2008-07-24 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
Fraud concerns have promoted discount Canadian airline WestJet to temporarily halt the use of credit cards as identification when checking into flights at self-service kiosks
 
Tags: credit cards, temporarily halt, self-service kiosks, fraud concerns, identification, flights
 
 
 
 
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Random Killing on a Canadian Greyhound Bus

2008-08-04 06:19:40 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...Canadian bus lines, despite the company and Canada's transport agency calling the stabbing death a tragic but isolated incident Greyhound spokeswoman Abby Wambaugh said bus travel is the safest mode of transportation, even though bus stations do not have metal detectors and other security measures used at airports Despite editorials telling...
 
Tags: security, tighter security, airplane security, greyhound bus, security measures, security anymore, abstract crime statistics, travel, rare risks applies
 
 
 
 
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Passport Canada web site suffers serious breach

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2007-12-05 11:51:09 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Canadian Passport Order, Passport Canada is responsible for issuing, revoking, withholding, recovering, and providing instructions on the use of Canadian passports Victims Certain persons applying for Canadian passports online Number Affected Unknown Types of Data Names, addresses, phone numbers, birth dates, social insurance numbers,...
 
Tags: passport canada, information, personal information, passport application information, application, breach, passport application site, passport canada spokesman, significant security breaches
 
 
 
 
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CATSA: XRay Machines Are Not For Gum Wrappers

2008-06-08 12:58:43 by Dave Lewis in Liquidmatrix Security Digest
 
...Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA) and theyre pissed at airport screeners in this country From The Canadian Press Continued inspections across the country have revealed that garbage and other items are still being dropped inside the top panel openings of some X-ray machines, says a bulletin issued earlier this year by the...
 
Tags: catsa, similar act, act, screeners, airport screeners, time officers, empty coffee cup, top panel openings, time
 
 
 
 
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Service Canada employee loses flash drive

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2008-06-28 23:18:19 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Canadian Residents Number Affected More than 1,500 Types of Data Name and Social Insurance Number Breach Description Service Canada recently sent a letter to 1500 individuals that where affected by a recent incident. It seems that a USB key, containing the names and social security number of 1500 canadians was lost Reference URL...