The provincial government says it is taking measures to address the inappropriate access of confidential information at the Motor Registration Division by a government employee. According to a news release, in late October, the division became aware a government employee may have inappropriately accessed personal information pertaining to drivers’ licence and vehicle registration information. The…
Month: December 2011
eBay merchant exposes hundreds of Aussies
Ben Grubb reports: Beware when shopping online this holiday season as at least one eBay merchant has been found to have exposed the personal information of hundreds of Australians on the internet. Detailed information about a particular eBay seller’s customer transactions – including their phone numbers, postal addresses, email addresses and what a customer purchased…
In Push For Data, Schools Expose Students To Identity Theft
Over on Huffington Post, Gerry Smith is singing my tune about the education sector in terms of data security exposing students to the risk of identity theft. Here’s a snippet: But the U.S. Department of Education has warned schools not to use students’ Social Security numbers in their databases, urging them instead to create other unique identifiers. Social…
Whitehat Facebook hacker pleads guilty
A British student has pleaded guilty to charges that he breached security at Facebook earlier his year, despite arguing that his intentions were not malicious. York student Glenn Steven Mangham, 26, attempted to bypass security on the company’s internal systems, raising alarm amongst the FBI that industrial espionage was occurring, according to media reports. Mangham, who…
Federal Security Practitioners Admit: We’re Not Prepared to Meet Continuous Monitoring Deadline
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — In a blow to one of the key cyber-security initiatives advanced by White House leaders, federal IT security professionals admit that efforts to adopt continuous monitoring of security performance lag far behind the Obama administration’s expectations. Advanced by the White House as a primary national cyber-security initiative, an overwhelming majority…
Yahoo Awarded $610M, but court cant promise they will see it
Back in 2008 a court case started, yahoo vs the phishers, Last week the court finally made its ruling that yahoo is to be awarded 610 million, 27 of which is for damages and the rest for copyright infringements, pretty stupid hey? Well what makes this even more funny is the statement that the judge has…