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Breach Record

Cancer Society

DISCLOSED 2023-11-02 · INSIDER

An employee of the Cancer Society clandestinely accessed client records and used the information for targeted advertising. The breach involved personal information of clients. The incident was reported by the NZ Herald.

The record

What we know

Disclosed
2023-11-02
Attack vector
Insider
Sector
non-profit
Country
New Zealand
Data classes exposed
personal information
ColdRecon assessment

Could a positive-security control have prevented this?

Verdict · unclear · opinion

Insufficient technical details to assess whether a positive-security model would have prevented this insider access.

Our assessments are opinion, grounded in the cited public facts. Read them critically.

Sources

Cited reporting

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