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Debunking claims that Mossad’s database was leaked

Posted on March 29, 2013 by Dissent

In a blog post on March 24, I expressed my profound skepticism over claims that Mossad’s database of agents had been hacked and/or leaked. Today, HuHu points me to a blog post in which the more likely source of the leaked data is revealed.  The tagged email addresses in the leaked data suggest to HuHu…

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FTC lawsuit against Wyndham moves to New Jersey

Posted on March 29, 2013 by Dissent

I haven’t read the court document yet, but Law360 alerts us that Wyndham won a round in court and succeeded in getting the FTC’s lawsuit moved to New Jersey from Arizona.

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Finland: Data Protection Ombudsman Critizices Compliance At Finnish Companies

Posted on March 22, 2013 by Dissent

Sakari Aalto discusses findings from a survey conducted by Finland’s Office of the Data Protection Ombudsman. The survey, carried out at the end of 2012, surveyed 74 companies and organizations that had experienced data security breaches during October – December 2011. Aalto writes, in part: In an alarmingly large proportion of companies (30%), the security…

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UK: Payday loans firm loses licence over identity theft loans

Posted on March 21, 2013 by Dissent

We don’t see this too often, but lack of adequate security costs this business its business, and the consequences were imposed by a regulator. Out-Law.com reports: MCO Capital Limited made loans in the name of 7,000 people whose identity was used by fraudsters without their permission or knowledge. The loans totalled millions of pounds and…

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Xbox Entertainment Awards blighted by security breach

Posted on March 19, 2013 by Dissent

Ben Parfitt reports: Microsoft has this morning been hit by a security breach of its Xbox Entertainment Awards 2013 service. MCV was contacted by a reader with a link to a page that appeared to list all those who had voted and therefore been entered into the prize draw. The data included names, gamertags, emails…

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More problems for Subway: Feds charge two men in plot to sell hacked Subway gift cards worth $40,000

Posted on March 16, 2013 by Dissent

Cyrus Farivar reports that Subway, who had previous hacking problems, has had other problems: Two California men were charged in a case involving hacking point-of-sale (POS) computers at various Subway restaurants in a newly unsealed indictment on Friday in Boston. The two suspects are Shahin Abdollahi, aka “Sean Holdt,” and Jeffrey Thomas Wilkinson, both of…

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