A woman has admitted using police systems to access information on her ex-partner while employed by the Northamptonshire force. Julie Crust, 42, of Northfield Road, Northampton, admitted six counts of breaching data protection laws at Northampton Magistrates’ Court. The court heard she was employed as an administrative worker when the offences took place. Crust was…
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Missouri Man Sentenced On Computer Hacking Charges
JONATHAN COWDEN was sentenced today to fifteen months of imprisonment resulting from his conviction for hacking a website associated with an Israeli-based business. Cowden was also ordered to pay restitution to the victims of his hacking crimes. The hacking charge against Cowden resulted from a series of computer intrusions Cowden executed between November 2011 and January…
KR: Stolen data on 25 million used in attack on Naver
Kim Young-won reports: A 31-year-old was recently booked by the police for infiltrating the accounts of 25 million people on Naver, the nation’s largest Web portal. According to the National Police Agency on Wednesday, the suspect, surnamed Seo, purchased the private information of 25 million people from a Korean-Chinese in August this year. Seo then…
Luxury agency investigates security breach
FashionUnited reports: Digital luxury agency Createthe Group is thought to be investigating a security breach involving a number of its luxury, fashion and retail clients. Renowned for its innovative commerce solutions, the New York and London-based company offers an e-commerce platform to fashion clients such as Belstaff, Marc Jacbos and Oscar de la Renta. The…
Ca: Privacy watchdog investigates breach in residential school survivors’ claims
Susanna Moss reports: Canada’s privacy watchdog is investigating a possible breach of personal information belonging to residential school survivors, after an adjudicator working for the agency handling their compensation claims filed a police report citing blackmail. The Indian Residential Schools Adjudication Secretariat is the administrative body that manages the claims made by residential school survivors….
CN: Website security loopholes force Ctrip to stop saving user CCV info
Si Huan reports: Ctrip will stop saving users’ credit card verification (CCV) information online after system loopholes were discovered on the travel website that led to the leak of user information and possible money loss. Shanghai-based Ctrip, China’s biggest tourism website with more than 140 million users, said yesterday that it will not save users’…