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Breach Case 6: Reusing and recycling Neil Sanson
29 November 2017 at 16:24

A recent data breach incident gave us an example of how trying to be careful in one respect can lead to unintended bad consequences in other ways.

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Breach Case 3: Catches win matches Neil Sanson
7 April 2017 at 10:39

A recent data breach provided an example of how it is sometimes possible to catch a breach as it is happening and avert potential harm.

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Breach Case 2: Don't bite when a phisher calls Neil Sanson
20 March 2017 at 14:42

A recent data breach involved a deliberate email phishing* attack on an industry organisation. The email purported to come from the chief executive and requested a copy of the membership list (names and email addresses).

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Beware the phishers Charles Mabbett
9 February 2017 at 12:53

The salutation on the email simply said “Hi”. It arrived at 4.36am on a public holiday in the inbox of a public facing email address, and it appeared to have been sent from a personal email address belonging to the organisation’s chief executive.

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Breach Case 1: Name your documents clearly Neil Sanson
8 February 2017 at 14:01

It is so easy to send the wrong attachment with an email, especially if the documents you are selecting to attach are not clearly and distinctly named. We see this type of breach fairly regularly so we thought we’d highlight it in this post.

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Nurses data breach: what happened and how to get help Charles Mabbett
2 November 2016 at 14:30

If you’re one of the thousands of New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) members whose names and email addresses were accidentally disclosed to a criminal third party, you might be wondering what you can do about it. The first thing you need to do is to try and understand what happened and what the risks are to you.

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Secure email for health information Sebastian Morgan-Lynch
19 April 2016 at 14:39

Fast, accurate and complete information flows in the health sector are vital for all of us. If your doctor doesn’t have a particular test result, prescription or diagnosis, it might endanger your safety or even your life. Because of this, medical communication systems have tended to prioritise simplicity and speed over innovation and security. 

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Staying safe online in 2016 Becci Whitton
27 January 2016 at 10:54

Does working at the Office of the Privacy Commissioner make you paranoid? Well, it’s not quite that bad, but a New Zealand Herald article about cybercrime and identity theft prompted me to think about the number of my online profiles that use, or are linked to, my real identity.

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