Another reminder of how much personal info winds up for sale on eBay – in this case, a defective laptop returned to the merchant who returned it to the manufacturer… A London film maker has found that a faulty Acer laptop he returned to Sainsbury’s was sold via eBay to an American buyer – who…
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Barclays employee fined £3k for illegally accessing customer data
Matthew Finnegan reports: A Barclays Bank employee has received a fine of £3,360 for illegally accessing customer data. Jennifer Addo, 27, was prosecuted under section 55 of the Data Protection Act for 23 offences, including passing on details of a customer’s children. The bank was initially alerted when the customer contacted the bank to report…
Jala Transport, a small money-lending business, fined £5,000 by ICO after theft of unencrypted hard drive with customer data
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has served a monetary penalty notice on Jala Transport, a small money-lending business, after the theft of an unencrypted portable hard drive containing its customer database. The firm was regulated by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) at the time of the incident. According to the notice, on August 3, 2012,…
Mandatory Data Breach Notice Bill Stalls As Canadian Parliament Session Closed
Peter Menyasz reports: The Canadian government’s Sept. 13 decision to end the Parliament’s legislative session has at least temporarily blocked passage of proposed amendments (Bill C-12) to Canada’s framework federal privacy law that would have introduced a limited mandatory data breach notification requirement. A new parliamentary session is scheduled to start Oct. 16, and the…
Barclays Bank Cyber Theft: 8 Arrested For Allegedly Hacking Computer System, Stealing $2 Million
Eight men have been arrested on suspicion of stealing 1.3 million pounds ($2 million) from a Barclays bank branch by tapping into its computers, British police said Friday. […] Detective Supt. Terry Wilson said one of the arrested men is the “Mr. Big” of British cybercrime. Police suspect that in both cases a gang member…
Belfast civil servant offered to sell secret database info to newspaper
Meet the civil servant who attempted to sell Sunday Life information from a top-secret government database — including the personal details of a local celebrity. The secrets-for-cash offer was made by Martin Cunningham — an administrative assistant based at a Belfast based Jobs and Benefits Office. The 26-year-old from Downpatrick said he could snoop the…