Data leaks, passwords and the protection of personal information. · 3 articles
Recently, an anonymous source sent a photo to Hackfest. This person had gone to a CLSC in the Québec City region. At the front desk sat a computer. On it, the passwords were clearly displayed. Really, plainly visible. They hadn’t been scribbled on a Post-it. No. Someone had gone to the trouble of doing a nice job.
A column on the cost of loyalty programs drew a reaction from members of the Hackfest community. In this interview with Alexis Dorais-Joncas, head of the R&D centre at ESET Montréal, we discuss some of the potential risks of these programs.
It is never pleasant to learn that our sensitive information has been published on the Web. Last January, a criminal group released confidential documents it claims to have stolen from the company Ventilabec. To confirm the authenticity of this information, we contacted people who no longer work for the company, but who unfortunately appear in this data leak.
