SaaSy HR outfit PageUp reports ‘unauthorised activity’ and data breach

SaaS HR platform PageUp has revealed “unusual activity on its IT infrastructure” and “revealed that we have some indicators that client data may have been compromised”. There’s bad news, semi-ok news, and bad news here: the bad is that the company isn’t sure what data was accessed, but thinks it was limited to “name and …

[Rainman]

As a contractor I've been feeling bad about telling the agents that have been spamming the heck out of me (often using MailChimp) due to GDPR that they can't hold copies of my CV speculatively. It kinda felt like I might end up biting the hand that feeds me. Today that decision seems somewhat vindicated.

[Anonymous Coward]

Drivers Licenses and Tax file numbers.

Given a past scam has been to put in a fraudulent tax return, take the money and run, leaving the victims to deal with both the cleanup and the tax office. This isn't likely to end well. Get your tax returns done as early as you can folks.