Last month, it was revealed that the ICO hit South Wales Police with a £160,000 fine for losing a video recording which formed part of the evidence in a sexual abuse case. Yesterday, the ICO announced that the SWP signed an undertaking to comply with the seventh data protection principle. As of May, there had still been no policies and procedures…
Month: June 2015
Top VPNs Leak Sensitive User Information – Report
Phil Muncaster reports: New research has revealed that 14 of the world’s most popular VPN services leak sensitive customer data – in many cases because they don’t yet protect IPv6 traffic. Researchers from Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) and the University of Rome launched the findings in a paper at the Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium today….
Miami Resident Pleads Guilty in Identity Theft Tax Fraud Scheme Involving Thousands of Deceased and Other Individuals’ Personal Identifying Information
A Miami resident pled guilty for participating in an identity theft tax fraud scheme involving thousands of deceased and other individuals’ personal identifying information (PII). Yovaris Pardo, 40, of Miami, pled guilty to one count of possessing a counterfeit access device, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1029(a)(1), one count of possessing…
NY IG: Group home supervisor charged with identity theft
Rick Karlin reports: The supervisor of a cluster of Long Island group homes for the disabled is charged with stealing the identity of a client. Blossom Officer Thame is charged with using a client’s name to open a PSE&G electricity account. She is a treatment team leader for the State Office of People with Developmental…
Windows 10 will share your Wi-Fi password with your friends’ friends
Simon Rockman reports: A Windows 10 feature, Wi-Fi Sense, smells like a significant security risk: it shares access to password-protected Wi-Fi networks with the user’s contacts. So giving a wireless password to one person grants access to everyone who knows them. […] Wi-Fi Sense doesn’t reveal the password to your family, friends, acquaintances, and the chap…
Ca: Detour Gold warns former, current employees of data breach
Rachelle Younglai reports: Detour Gold Corp. is reaching out to former and current employees to tell them that their personal information may have been compromised due to a cyber attack. Detour, which operates one gold mine in Ontario, did not say when its server was hacked or how many employees have been affected by the…