EAGLE SCOUT | ISSUE NO. 21-24

NEWS | Hacker uses student accounts to post racist and homophobic contents
19 Dec 2021

UNITED STATES — A former student of a high school hacked into several student accounts and posted racist photos and comments in the class announcement section. The same person allegedly interrupted two classes with a video of a person wearing a skull mask, sunglasses, a beani, and headset using racial epithets. He has been charged with one felony count of unauthorized computer access along with a felony hate crime enhancement. READ MORE
 

NEWS | Student association claims that devices from
government breaches student privacy
28 Dec 2021

INDIA — The All India Student Association claims that the government is building a structure of surveillance and control through its distribution of free mobile phones and tablets to students. They allege that the government has configured the devices to collect data without the users’ consent. As a result, it will have full access to students’ data usage, call history, browsing history etc. READ MORE
 

NEWS | Documents containing patient information left exposed on street
20 Dec 2021

NEW ZEALAND — Information of thirty-three patients were left exposed after a clinician accidentally dropped handover sheets containing their names, age, National Health Index (NHI) number, bed number, and clinicians. The document was found by a member of the public outside the hospital. READ MORE
 

NEWS | PSA ensures safety of National ID information in the
Philsys Registry
19 Dec 2021

PHILIPPINES — The Philippine Statistics Authority assured the public in a recent post that all information recorded in the Philsys Registry are safeguarded. It stated that lost or damaged cards cannot be replicated and used by others because all information within the PhilSys Registry are intact. READ MORE
 

NEWS | NPC probes BDO's hacked system
22 Dec 2021

PHILIPPINES — The National Privacy Commission (NPC) is investigating a possible personal data breach involving unauthorized transactions that siphoned money off nearly seven hundred BDO Unibank depositors. The Commission will look into BDO’s 10-year old system and check if it was equipped with necessary defenses against cybercrimes. READ MORE