Ang Qing reports from Singapore:
A company running online language lessons for children around the world used a password based on its website name, LingoAce, making it vulnerable to the data breach that resulted.
More than half a million users were affected. Among personal data compromised were the cellphone numbers, bank account numbers, signatures and Chinese nationals’ identity card numbers.
Singapore-based firm PPLingo was fined $74,000, according to a Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC) judgment released on May 23. It runs online Chinese and English language classes for children aged four to 15.
Read more on The Straits Times.https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/poor-password-causes-software-firm-to-be-fined-74000-for-data-breach-affecting-half-a-million-users
