Peter Griffiths of Reuters reports:
Britain’s privacy watchdog said on Tuesday it will investigate reports that hackers broke into a law firm’s computers and leaked the details of thousands of Sky broadband customers alleged to have shared pornographic films.
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said it would check whether London-based ACS:Law breached the Data Protection Act by failing to protect its servers. Companies found guilty under the act can be fined up to 500,000 pounds.
“Any organisation processing personal data must ensure that it is kept safe and secure,” the watchdog said. “This is an important principle of the Act. The ICO will be contacting ACS:Law to establish further facts of the case and to identify what action, if any, needs to be taken.”
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In related coverage:
- BSkyB, one of the UK’s largest broadband providers, has said it will no longer cooperate with the requests of controversial solicitors’ firm ACS:Law and that it will challenge them in court, after around 8,000 of its customers had their personal information leaked online. Read more in the Guardian.
- TalkTalk insists that none of its customers are affected by the breach. Read more on TelecomPaper.
- DDoS Takes Down Aussie Anti-Pirates and 8,000 Other Sites. Read more on TorrentFreak.