Irish mobile phone carrier O2 may have had a breach involving customer data. Or not. It seems they’re not really sure what was on a missing backup tape. And I’m not sure I understand why they first told this summer that a tape went missing in September 2011. And of course I’m not sure I…
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AU: Macquarie University reportedly hacked
Macquarie University appears to have been hacked. Read the coverage on ZDNet and see a mirror of the defacement and the message.
EE: Company Fined for Private Data Leak
Estonian Public Broadcasting reports: The Tallinn database management company Andmevara was fined 3,000 euros by the Data Protection Inspectorate for the potential leak of 126,379 people’s personal data in February. Capital residents who had applied for land tax exemption had their names, ID numbers, living addresses, property sizes and the amount of the tax exception…
Some Australians may be too trusting
How many reports have we seen where people purchasing used drives or devices find personal information or data from the previous owner? Lots of times, right? So why am I covering this on this blog today? Well, because the findings from one study may qualify for today’s “This Takes the Cake” Award. Aleisha Orr’s news…
Help track the Advanced Data Processing – Intermedix breach
Regular readers know how I hate it when companies are not sufficiently transparent about breaches, – where “sufficiently” is defined by MY standards and not just what the law may require. So when Epsilon didn’t provide a list of affected clients, this blog compiled our own list with the help of readers and affected consumers. And…
'America may have access to Dutch digital patient records'
A scary headline if you’re Dutch, I bet. DutchNews.nl reports: The American authorities may have access to information stored in the new Dutch digital patient record system because it is being built by a US firm, Nos television reports. The system is being developed for the Dutch government by CSC, an American company with operations in the…