And so a long-running data theft case ends. The Local (Switzerland) reports: The Swiss Federal Criminal Court sentenced on Thursday a former employee of Credit Suisse to a two-year suspended sentence for breaching bank secrecy laws and money laundering. The former bank worker was also fined 3,500 francs ($3,727) after he confessed to having stolen…
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Ca: RBC client sees others’ private data online
An alert reader from north of the border sends in this one. Ellen Roseman reports: Ava Wong had her identity stolen in 2008. She spent the next year trying to get her financial life in order again. So, she was upset to log into her RBC banking account last month and find someone else’s confidential…
AU: Bank of Melbourne in privacy breach
Fran Foo reports: A technical glitch at Westpac’s Bank of Melbourne has inadvertently exposed sensitive customer information to other clients. The problem has resulted in some people requesting new credit cards. Although it apologised for the mistake, one Bank of Melbourne business customer, who received a vague letter of explanation from the bank, expressed shock…
Ca: Government investigating confidential information breach at Motor Vehicle Registration
The provincial government says it is taking measures to address the inappropriate access of confidential information at the Motor Registration Division by a government employee. According to a news release, in late October, the division became aware a government employee may have inappropriately accessed personal information pertaining to drivers’ licence and vehicle registration information. The…
eBay merchant exposes hundreds of Aussies
Ben Grubb reports: Beware when shopping online this holiday season as at least one eBay merchant has been found to have exposed the personal information of hundreds of Australians on the internet. Detailed information about a particular eBay seller’s customer transactions – including their phone numbers, postal addresses, email addresses and what a customer purchased…
Square Enix Site Hacked – Again (Updated to Reflect No Personal Info Accessed)
In what appears to be its second breach in 2011, Square Enix has confirmed that it has suffered an intrusion. Matt Mann reports: Today Square Enix announced that both their Japanese and North American Square Enix Members sites have been hacked. According to Square Enix an unknown party gained unauthorized access to servers containing user information in…