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US iPad users’ data stolen, sets criminal charges

Posted on January 18, 2011 by Dissent

Developing: U.S. investigators plan to announce criminal charges concerning the alleged theft of email addresses and other personal information belonging to about 120,000 users of Apple Inc’s iPad tablet computer. Read more from Reuters on Montreal Gazette. I’ll have more on this after the announcement.

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UK: Wandsworth Council apologises after residents’ personal details published online

Posted on January 18, 2011 by Dissent

Ian Mason reports: Red-faced town hall bosses have issued a public apology after residents’ personal details were accidentally published online. Wandsworth Council blamed the blunder on a “temporary glitch” in an automated electoral roll registration system which resulted in an undisclosed number of personal details being sold to a third-party company. The information leak was…

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AU: ‘Malicious hacker’ breaches University of Sydney website

Posted on January 18, 2011 by Dissent

Ben Grubb reports that the university got a very public demonstration of the need to harden their security. Although no personal information was reportedly accessed or acquired, the university got the message: A hacker who claims not to be qualified has breached Sydney University’s computer security in an apparent bid to embarrass administrators. But, as…

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Trapster.com reportedly notifies users of hack, advises changing password

Posted on January 17, 2011 by Dissent

Jake Kouns of DataLossDB.org kindly sends along this notice, reportedly from Trapster. The site, which is intended to help users avoid speed traps and other hazards, reports another kind of hazard – that its site was hacked and user email addresses and passwords may have been accessed or acquired. Peer360 provides a copy of the…

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MO: Open postal truck scatters mail for 70 miles

Posted on January 17, 2011 by Dissent

Leslie Tripp reports: Hundreds of pieces of mail fluttered onto interstates in eastern Missouri Sunday after the back door of a contractor’s semi carrying mail for the U.S. Postal Service popped open. The mail was scattered along 70 miles of highway near St. Louis, according to Postal Inspector Dan Taylor, who said the tractor-trailer was…

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Is Florida failing to adequately protect its residents?

Posted on January 16, 2011 by Dissent

One of the recurring themes on my blogs is that we need a federal data protection statute that includes protection of paper records.  Breaches involving paper records also need to be included in any federal data breach notification statute.   Federal statutes are needed because too many states fail to address the security of paper…

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