John Ryan writes: The data protection landscape in Ireland has evolved significantly in recent years. Not so long ago, it seemed an organisation could mislay customer information with impunity. There did not seem to be any major concern on behalf of the culprit organisation to put proper protection measures in place and there did not…
Author: Dissent
McAfee and SAIC survey: Companies pick and choose which data breaches to report
Ellen Messmer reports: One in 7 information technology companies have not reported data breaches or losses to outside government agencies, authorities or stockholders. In addition, only 3 out of 10 said they report all data breaches and losses suffered related to intellectual property, while 1 in 10 organizations will only report data breaches and losses…
MySQL.com Database Compromised By Blind SQL Injection
Simon writes: An email was sent out earlier today on the Full-Disclosure mailing list, detailing the compromise of numerous MySQL websites along with portions of their database containing usernames and passwords. […] The email sent to Full Disclosure lists out all the databases, tables and even some password hashes for the users at MySQL.com. There…
A few ICO undertakings that flew under the radar
I thought that whenever the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) had an entity sign an undertaking to improve data security or privacy protective practices, the office issued a press release. But thanks to Stewart Room, I’ve learned that that’s not necessarily the case. Stewart alerted us all to a recently signed undertaking that involved a…
Glazers take legal action against Manchester United fan after web leak of corporate clients
The Glazers’ reputation at Manchester United is set to take another battering after it emerged the club are suing one supporter who took action to oppose the under-fire owners. Lawyers acting for United filed a writ at the High Court accusing Thomas McKenna of damaging their business by publishing names and addresses of hundreds of their…
MI: Bank of America replacing debit cards; source of breach as yet unknown
Thousands of Bank of America customers’ account information could be in jeopardy after a major security breach. Christy Clark went to a Royal Oak drug store Friday, but when her debit card was declined, she knew something was wrong. “I was very embarrassed,” Clark said. She went straight to the Bank of America branch near…