Evan Schuman reports: When Starbucks published the new version of its iOS mobile app yesterday to fix its passwords-in-clear-text problem, it demonstrated a seemingly awesome ability to correct a serious security issue in a single day. But was it truly awesome? Not if it knew about the security hole for months. Not if it knew about it before it published the prior iOS app…
Month: January 2014
UK: Will the ICO hold anyone responsible?
Jon Baines raises some interesting points in his discussion of a UK case where charges against police officers for violating the Data Protection Act were dropped in light of questions about whether they had ever been adequately trained to understand their responsibilities. Jon asks whether that situation should trigger an investigation by the Information Commissioner’s…
New Mexico man settles claims against city and county over invasive body cavity searches for drugs
There’s been a development in a lawsuit filed by David Eckert, the New Mexico man who was subjected to invasive and humiliating medical procedures based on a warrant in another county. I had discussed the case in a previous post that focused on the issue for health care professionals asked to comply with police requests that…
KC engineer ‘exposed unencrypted spreadsheet with phone numbers, user IDs, PASSWORDS’
Kelly Fiveash reports: Hull’s dominant telco, KC, is investigating revelations of what appears to be poor handling of the company’s customer data. This comes after a recent sign-up claimed one of its engineers had unwittingly exposed a customer spreadsheet containing the telephone numbers, user IDs and unencrypted passwords of all its subscribers. Read more on…
OH: Former Urban League boss off to prison
A former Columbus Urban League executive accused of ripping off the agency was sentenced Friday to spend 3.5 years in federal prison. Former preacher Ovell Harrison had pleaded guilty to one count of bank fraud and aggravated identity theft. In addition to his prison sentenced, he was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount…
Team Berserk Leak Documents From FBI Fusion Center
Earlier today hackers from TeamBerserk announced a leaked of document data from a FBI Fusion Center. The announcement has been made from the official team berserk twitter account @BerserkTeam and they have claimed the documents come from a FBI intelligence fusion center and only contain unclassified documents for official use only which appear to not…