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SpamIt, Glavmed Pharmacy Networks Exposed

Posted on February 24, 2011 by Dissent

Brian Krebs writes: An organized crime group thought to include individuals responsible for the notorious Storm and Waledac worms generated more than $150 million promoting rogue online pharmacies via spam and hacking, according to data obtained by KrebsOnSecurity.com. In June 2010, an anonymous source using the assumed name “Despduck” began an e-mail correspondence with a key anti-spam…

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Sydney Festival in privacy glitch

Posted on January 20, 2011 by Dissent

Luke Hopewell reports: Organisers behind the annual Sydney Festival have inadvertently committed a privacy breach by sending an email to users that displayed the contents of its mailing list. The email contains the email addresses of around 130 people who registered for a festival mailing list, some from government departments, Sony Music, JP Morgan and…

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Papers with sensitive info found blowing around Winnipeg

Posted on January 13, 2011 by Dissent

Pieces of paper with the names of former clients of the Salvation Army and information about past incidents connected with the charity were found on a Winnipeg street Wednesday – raising concerns about privacy. The documents from 1999 somehow ended up on Isabel Street near Ross Avenue on Wednesday afternoon. […] The documents belong to…

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2,000 affected in Fine Gael data breach (update2)

Posted on January 10, 2011 by Dissent

Last week, I posted a news story on PogoWasRight.org that discussed whether the web site of an Irish political party, Fine Gael, might be breaching privacy laws.   In a separate development, it seems that the site has now had a security breach: Fine Gael has confirmed that the contact details of just under 2,000…

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Former HBPA director pleads guilty to conspiracy to commit ID theft to rig election results

Posted on December 23, 2010 by Dissent

Cindy Romero, a/k/a Cricket Romero, age 50, a resident of Metairie, Louisiana, pled guilty yesterday in federal court before U.S. District Judge Lance M. Africk to conspiracy to commit identity theft, announced U. S. Attorney Jim Letten. According to court documents, Romero admitted that while employed by the Louisiana Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association (HBPA),…

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UK: Hackers steal English Defence League membership list

Posted on December 20, 2010 by Dissent

Here’s another breach where there could be serious personal or safety consequences: A controversial anti-Islamist group has told its members to be “vigilant” after their details leaked online. Hundreds of names and addresses linked to the English Defence League have been circulated on the web after hackers broke in to one of the organisation’s websites….

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