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Japanese court orders ISP to reveal file-leaker’s ID

Posted on March 15, 2009 by Dissent

From Daily Yomiuri Online: The Tokyo District Court has ordered an Internet service provider to reveal the name and address of a person who used file-swapping software to spread leaked private information on the Internet of about 110,000 Kanagawa prefectural high school students in fiscal 2006, it has been learned. IBM Japan Ltd., which had…

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Binghamton U. exploring criminal charges against student reporters

Posted on March 14, 2009 by Dissent

If you’re standing in a public space in a state university building, and you look up and wonder what a door from what appears to be a mezzanine leads to, and you climb up to find out, open an unmarked door that has tape over the lock, and then take photographs of records containing personal…

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UK: New Forest District Council blunder exposes residents’ details online

Posted on March 14, 2009 by Dissent

At least 200 Hampshire residents applying for permission for a new extension, wall or fence learned that their names, home addresses, email details, phone numbers, and signatures had been posted on the New Forest District Council’s web site despite the council’s policy of redacting such information. The breach was discovered by The Daily Echo. Read…

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UK: Children’s details published on website in council blunder

Posted on March 12, 2009 by Dissent

Annie Riddle of The Salisbury Journal reports that 146 special needs (i.e., special education) children had their personal details published on a Wiltshire County Council website. What makes this one worse is that the council had been alerted to the problem in 2004 and thought it had been taken care of back then. Two weeks…

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More on the Coleman campaign breach (updated)

Posted on March 11, 2009 by Dissent

The Associated Press is now reporting that financial data for at least 4,700 campaign donors was posted on the internet and contact information for 51,000 others was also disseminated.  A statement from Coleman’s office indicates that there may have been a breach of the Coleman for Senate web site and that federal investigators, when contacted…

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Minnesota agency accidentally reveals personal info of employees

Posted on March 11, 2009 by Dissent

Politics in Minnesota reports that the Minnesota Management and Budget (MMB) accidentally revealed employees’ home towns instead of “town of duty station” in response to a freedom of information law request that also requested state employees’ name, salary, job title, and agency. The information was posted to a web site by whoever had requested it,…

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