Jasper Hamill reports: An automated parking firm has halted public access to its payment app after a blogger identified a serious security flaw which he claimed allowed him to see other users’ credit card information. According to Matt Cheetham, an iOS developer based in Bournemouth, the Phone and Pay app was so leaky that he could easily…
Category: Non-U.S.
Thousands hit in Tesco.com attack
Mark Ward reports: Tesco has deactivated customers’ internet accounts after their login names and passwords were shared online. The list of more than 2,000 Tesco.com accounts was posted to a popular text-sharing site earlier on Thursday. The supermarket giant said the data had been compiled by hackers using details stolen from other sites. A small…
South Korea regulator reaffirms harsher measures against card firms over data leak
Yonhap News reports that in addition to some stiff penalties imposed by its financial regulator on credit card firms who suffered data leaks, the government continues to look at ways to strengthen the protection of private data: In a report to the parliament, FSC chairman Shin Je-yun said the regulator plans to suspend the card…
UK: South Yorkshire police admit 70 data breaches
Police chiefs in South Yorkshire have defended the force’s record for abiding by the Data Protection Act – despite admitting officers and staff have breached the rules on 70 occasions. Forces across the country have released details, under the Freedom of Information Act, of how many times data breaches occurred during a four year period….
JP: Accused hacker: ‘I’m innocent’
Tomohiro Osaki reports: The man accused of hacking other people’s computers to make a series of violent threats in 2012 maintained his “utter innocence” as his trial opened Wednesday at the Tokyo District Court. Yusuke Katayama, a former employee of a Tokyo information technology company, was arrested in February 2013 on suspicion of remotely manipulating…
UK: Councillor rapped for speaking to newspapers about data breach
Remember when documents with sensitive information on Victoria Climbié were found in abandoned council offices? Ruth McKee reports: A councillor who blew the whistle on confidential data found lying in the middle of the former Southgate Town Hall has been punished for revealing the extent of the security breach. Henry Lamprecht, ward councillor for Southgate Green…