John Leyden reports: Popular IRC service UKChatterbox is advising users to change their passwords following a series of hacks which culminated in an attack that may have compromised user details. The password reset follows on from a succession of outages – previously attributed to maintenance upgrades – dating back to the start of the summer. In a notice to…
Category: Non-U.S.
AU: Hackers published personal data of 25,000 police officials
The Austrian Independent reports: An Austrian hackers group has published the names and home addresses of 24,938 police officials sparking fears that many could be targeted by criminals. Police say the data published by the Austrian branch of the global hacker collective „Anonymous”, known as AnonAustria contained private information for officials ranging from beat officers…
UK: Card fraud on rise in travel sector
Travel companies suffer a higher rate of card fraud than the average UK business as a result of the explosion in card-not-present transactions. An industry conference in London yesterday was told that overall card fraud is falling, but card-not-present transactions have ballooned and retailers invariably bear the cost of the fraud loss. […] There are…
AU: Credit card data hacked from retailers
Wes Hosking reports: At least two credit card merchants in Victoria have had data hacked, with fraudsters racking up huge bills overseas. Australian Federal Police were investigating as banks yesterday moved to assure customers illegal transactions would be refunded. The Warrandyte Supa IGA supermarket is among retailers caught up in the drama, and suspect Eftpos…
Hana SK Card joins the ranks of South Korean firms suffering data leaks
Kang Seung-woo reports: A succession of data leaks are besieging local credit card issuers as the latest version of online security breach has taken place at Hana SK Card. The continuous irregularities are keeping customers on their toes amid mounting worries about faulty online security. According to the card issuer, its telemarketing employee leaked not…
UK: Worker sacked in data breach
A Blackpool Coastal Housing worker was sacked after a serious breach of security left confidential tenants data at risk. Fuming Blackpool Coastal Housing (BCH) residents contacted The Gazette after the details of more than 80 tenants – some living in sheltered accommodation – were taken away on a computer memory stick. The female BCH worker…