The UK Press Association reports: A judge condemned a “shocking hole” in the banking system as he jailed two London fraudsters who profited from an internet scam thought to involve 180,000 British credit cards. Gboyega Akinbola, 36, and Oyetunde Oyedeji, 31, went on a lavish spending spree worth an estimated £60,000 after ordering more than…
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Happy Holidays from DataBreaches.net
Happy holidays, everyone! I’ve met so many terrific people through this site this past year and look forward to meeting many more. May those of you who spend your days protecting our data from data thieves find extra treats under the Christmas tree for all your hard work. And if you’re taking some time off…
UK: Credit card provider suffers breach, personal data lost
MBNA, the UK¹s largest credit card provider, has confirmed that a laptop containing the personal details of its customers has been stolen from one of its third party contractors NCO Europe Ltd earlier this month. The information is said to include personal details, however, no PIN numbers were reported to be contained in…
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
Although PHIprivacy.net will continue posting over the next holiday week, I just wanted to take a minute to wish you and your families a happy and healthy holidays. Note that Santa’s x-ray wound up exposed on the web. I hope your personal health information is better protected than that! 🙂
Nl: Rabobank loses customer data
Karin Spaink provides an English summary of some news reports that a Rabobank employee lost a USB drive containing personal and financial data on 3000 customers: An employee of the Rabobank lost his USB stick, which held the data of 3000 customers. Apart from the personal information of each of those customers, the stick contained…
Suspected computer hack compromises Anchorage credit, debit card holders
Christine Kim reports: Just a simple swipe can lead to a ripple of consequences. Up to 1,000 Anchorage residents may be affected by a credit card crime. Police say it may have been a computer hack that stole the information about credit and debit card holders. Detectives are still trying to figure out who was…