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Author: Dissent

Sg: DBS Bank employee sold customer data to ease financial woes

Posted on January 15, 2011 by Dissent

Faced with financial problems, a bank executive sold customers’ confidential details to several buyers, including an illegal moneylender, a court heard yesterday. In return, Sazaly Selamat, who worked for DBS Bank, was paid a total of $2,625. Yesterday, the 40-year-old pleaded guilty to seven charges of corruption and two of computer misuse. He was authorised…

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Telecom database accessed by employees of Power Marketing Ltd?

Posted on January 15, 2011 by Dissent

David Fisher reports: A major security breach has revealed personal details of every Telecom customer – and a commercial rival is implicated. The Herald on Sunday accessed the Telecom database using login details supplied by sales staff working for rival telco Slingshot. It gave us names, addresses and billing details for every Telecom customer. The…

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Combat in Our Genes?

Posted on January 15, 2011 by Dissent

Jay Stanley of the ACLU writes: Born soldiers may say they have “combat in our genes” — but a new report suggests the Pentagon may want to give the phrase whole new meaning by turning DNA into the next military battleground. The report, prepared by a defense science advisory panel known as JASON and reported by Secrecy News…

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The night the lights went out in Georgia?

Posted on January 15, 2011 by Dissent

Wainwright Jeffers reports: Some Dougherty County school workers worry the system put them at risk of identity theft. School officials say they shouldn’t be concerned. WALB learned that twice this week, the system sent employees an e-mail asking them for personal information, including social security numbers for a school system data base. Both times, follow…

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NS: Privacy watchdog mulls probe of WCB

Posted on January 15, 2011 by Dissent

Davena Jeffrey reports: Nova Scotia’s defender of personal privacy will decide Monday whether she will launch an investigation into the Workers’ Compensation Board of Nova Scotia’s handling of its clients’ information. In an interview Friday, Dulcie McCallum, Nova Scotia’s freedom of information and protection of privacy review officer, said her office has been discussing what…

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5,600 South Carolina state employees notified of security breach

Posted on January 15, 2011 by Dissent

Associated Press reports that some of the people people who have or had  insurance coverage from South Carolina’s State Employee Insurance Program have been sent letters notifying them of a breach.  According to AP: State Employee Insurance Program director Stephen Van Camp said a computer virus attack on a single computer could have allowed the…

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