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ICO statement on investigation into 2006 FIFA World Cup ticket information disclosure

Posted on January 13, 2011 by Dissent

Mick Gorrill, Head of Enforcement at the ICO, said: “In September 2010, the ICO opened an investigation into allegations that a database containing the personal information of 250,000 individuals who had purchased tickets for football matches in the 2006 FIFA World Cup competition in Germany, had been unlawfully sold on the black market. This followed…

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(update) Vodafone fires staff after security breaches

Posted on January 13, 2011 by Dissent

Vodafone has fired a number of employees following an investigation into security breaches on the weekend. Customer records were leaked after a password to the telco’s internet database was shared by a number of people. Since the incident, Vodafone says it has let employees go and contacted the New South Wales Police. Read more on…

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“Ugg Got Hacked: Sheepskin Boot Security Compromised Worldwide”

Posted on January 12, 2011 by Dissent

Well, no, that’s the headline on Racked, but what happened is the SilverPop breach we heard so much about last month. Racked has uploaded an image of UGG Australia’s notification to its customers, which names SilverPop and notes that customer information in the database included names, email addresses, and geographic information (city, country, zip code)….

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CA: Two sentenced for gas station identity thefts

Posted on January 11, 2011 by Dissent

To follow up on a case previously covered on this blog in March and October, this report from Mark Anderson of the Sacramento Bee: A gang that used card readers to skim personal information at gas station card readers in Northern California was busted for identity theft, and two of the four were sentenced to…

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Victim numbers continue to climb in EVG Quality breach

Posted on January 10, 2011 by Dissent

From today’s Los Angeles Times: Police have identified 380 victims of credit or debit card fraud at a Sierra Madre gas station with losses exceeding $109,000, Police Chief Marilyn Diaz said Monday. […] “The fraudulent charges arising from credit and debit cards used at the EVG station are showing up both as EVG charges and…

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ESRB unintentionally exposes email addresses of people who filed complaints over Blizzard’s Real ID system

Posted on January 10, 2011 by Dissent

Gregg Reece writes about a reply-all gaffe exposing almost 1,000 individuals’ email addresses: During the recent Real ID catastrophe on the forums, many players decided to appeal to an industry source that might have been able to sway Blizzard to change its mind. These players contacted the ESRB (Entertainment Software Rating Board) as a Better Business Bureau-type…

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