Nova notifies listeners of data breach
Nova Entertainment has admitted that listeners’ data from the period of May 2009 to October 2011 has been “publicly disclosed”.
Nova sent a note to the consumers whose data has been leaked on Thursday morning, however it was not clear how the incident occurred, or how far the information had traveled.
Nova has apologised for the incident
CEO Cathy O’Connor said in the note the company will remain transparent with those affected and provide them with guidance on how they can prevent further misuse of their information.
I think my personal information was leaked in this hack. If any of my friends find out that I like Katy Perry – I am dead.
Every week there is yet another story about a hack or “data breach”. There are two types of companies: ones that have already been hacked and ones that *will* be hacked. In this age of identity theft, it is mystifying that anyone is still giving real data to any website, let alone birth dates, full names & addresses. Given the various leaked powerful NSA tools the hackers now have, it is impossible to guarantee that *any* company/website is secure. The technology is now just so complex that it *cannot* be secured. The russians are now using old fashioned typewriters to document state secrets to paper, which is stored in old fashioned physically secure areas. If the russians (who are master hackers) feel the need to do this as they can’t protect themselves, then the rest of us are screwed. That goes for stuff such as electricity “smart meter” data and health record data. If you are not terrified by this, then you *don’t* understand. And if you stupidly say that you “have nothing to hide”, then please give me your credit card number and pin.
I mean, it’s shit… but since it affected me, i’m glad they let me know
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Kind regards,
Anon