Documents containing personal information and photos of children in north Worcestershire have been stolen. Around 40 of the passport-type documents relating to children who play for two football teams were taken from a football coach’s car in Redditch. Read more on BBC. The Redditch Advertiser also reports the theft, as does the West Mercia Police…
Author: Dissent
All UK firms to face mandatory data breach notification regime
Dan Worth reports: All businesses in the UK that store data on customers will soon have to disclose any breaches, as the European Commission looks to widen the scope of recent changes to data protection laws. Speaking at the British Bankers’ Association (BBA) Data Protection and Privacy Conference in London on Monday, European Union justice…
Huge Bitcoin sell off due to a compromised account – rollback
On Mt. Gox site: [Update – 2:06 GMT] What we know and what is being done. It appears that someone who performs audits on our system and had read-only access to our database had their computer compromised. This allowed for someone to pull our database. The site was not compromised with a SQL injection as many…
Centaur website reveals guests’ personal info
Shilpa Phadnis reports: The Centaur Hotels’ website, centaurhotels.com, appears to have compromised personal information of its hotel guests, in what seems to be a case of poor internet security protocols implemented by the site. This allowed website visitors on Saturday to obtain and view details of passports, driving licences, pan numbers, credit cards, and other…
Sg: Hackers steal data from NParks portal
Teh Joo Lin reports: Hackers attacked the website of the National Parks Board (NParks) on Sunday and stole some data belonging to users. When contacted by The Straits Times, the government agency yesterday confirmed the ‘intrusion’ and said it had made a police report. The story is behind The Straits Times paywall and I don’t…
Medical marijuana advocates set to file constitutional challenge
Jefferson Dodge reports: At least one Boulder County resident is planning to challenge state laws regulating the medical marijuana industry in court this month, and dispensaries are being asked to chip in to fund the effort. Kathleen Chippi, a Nederland resident and former dispensary owner, says that within the next week, she plans to file…