A hacker or hackers have compromised the usernames and passwords of people registered for the web site of the Sociedad Española de Farmacia Hospitalaria. In some cases, individuals used their e-mail addresses as their logins, raising additional security concerns if they re-use passwords. The data dump by an unidentified hacker contained 1826 unique usernames with clear-text…
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UK: Youth offenders’ details lost on unencrypted laptop
Newcastle Youth Offending Team breached the Data Protection Act by failing to encrypt a laptop containing personal data which was later stolen, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said today. The laptop – which contained personal data relating to 100 young people and sensitive personal data on 10 people – was reported stolen from a contractor’s…
Major scare in Guadalajara after hacking claim
Tom Degun reports on a rumor published yesterday involving an alleged hack of a journalists’ credentials database for the Pan American Games: The Guadalajara 2011 Organising Committee have denied claims that their database containing the confidential information of over 1,000 journalists attending the Pan American Games here have been illegally hacked. The Games had just…
Anonymous tipster claims Internet security breach at Pan American Games
Lori Ewing reports: Journalists covering the Pan American Games, including about two dozen Canadians, could be at risk of identity theft or fraud. Personal information about the media is accessible through the Games website, according to an anonymous tipster who emailed reporters Monday. The tipster, identified by the pseudonym Galileo Trueman, emailed reporters claiming he…
NC: Stolen ID allegations at Robeson shelter investigated
John Ramsey reports: Lumberton police say they are investigating allegations that the director of a battered women’s shelter stole the identities of six employees before she was fired Monday. Christine Fuller was hired in July as executive director of the Southeastern Family Violence Center. Center board member Ken Windley said Fuller falsified her credentials to…
IA: Inmate church says identities were stolen
A United Methodist congregation made up of inmates at the Iowa Correctional Institute for Women in Mitchellville said an Indianola woman and former inmate used its volunteers’ personal information to steal 40 identities. Women at the Well United Methodist Church said Shelley Bridges, 37, obtained victims’ personal information, including Social Security numbers and birth dates,…