Shaun Tan reports on AsiaOne that a 20-year old student in Singapore decided to “help” those whose email addresses and passwords had been exposed by LulzSec dumping the database from 55 porn sites. Rather than just emailing those individuals to warn them, however, he decided to take matters into his own hands to change their…
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AT: AnonAustria releases data from the Austrian Economy Chamber
The Austrian Economy Chamber (WKO) has become the latest victim of a hacking attack. WKO confirmed yesterday evening (Tues) that its webserver was infiltrated by unidentified cyber criminals. More than 6,000 data sets of customers of the chamber were published on the internet. Most of the records contain information about clients of WKO’s real estate…
The biggest companies fail and own it
Over on CSO, Bill Brenner writes: No matter how rigorous the audit, chances remain high that a company will still suffer a security breach. The bad guys are always at work and it’s hard to keep up with them. If and when that kind of failure happens, the key to bigger failure or success is…
UK: Two laptop theft incidents result in undertakings
Two organisations have taken action after they breached the Data Protection Act by failing to encrypt personal information on laptops that were later stolen, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said today. The Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) breached the Data Protection Act in May 2011 when a laptop – containing sensitive personal data – was…
UK: Stolen laptops contained some health information
Many entities that are not primarily healthcare entities collect and store health information. Sadly, all too many of them do not adequately protect such data. From the Information Commissioner’s Office today: Two organisations have taken action after they breached the Data Protection Act by failing to encrypt personal information on laptops that were later stolen,…
Betfair security chief departs after data breach exposed
Coincidence or not? The director of security at online betting exchange Betfair has left the company just days after an 18-month old data breach at the company was reported in the press. […] It emerged yesterday that Betfair’s security director Sean Catlett is leaving the company to work with start-up company in the US. Betfair…