Darren Pauli reports: The number of Australian data breaches reported to forensic investigators has already doubled those experienced in 2010, even though it’s only April. Some of the worst breaches have cost businesses many hundreds of thousands of dollars, and involved significant loss of credit card information and customer information. Yet it seems that none…
Category: Non-U.S.
FR: Hacker arrested after TV brag
From the unchecked-ego dept. Hundreds of bank card details have been found at the home of a computer hacker who boasted on TV of how he could break into the systems of the army and aerospace group Thalès. Thalès pressed charges after the program Complément d’enquête on France 2 showed the man breaking into their…
Hyundai Capital in South Korea to notify 420,000 customers of data breach; Financial watchdog opens investigation
Ju-min Park of Reuters reports: South Korea’s financial watchdog launched an investigation on Monday into the leak of personal information from South Korea’s Hyundai Capital, the consumer finance unit of Hyundai Motor Group, a Financial Supervisory Service official said. Hyundai Capital said personal information on about 420,000 of its 1.8 million customers was leaked when…
Ca: Seven arrested at casino tied to credit card fraud
Ontario Provincial police charged seven men with credit and debit card fraud at the Fallsview Casino. Police said the suspects obtained significant amounts of cash from hundreds of compromised bank accounts over a two-hour period Thursday, using several ATM machines within the casino, according to the Associated Press. With the arrests, casino enforcement unit officers…
Ca: Haldimand man facing 138 credit card fraud charges
Canadian Press reports: A 22-year-old man is facing nearly 140 charges after a credit card fraud at a New Credit First Nation gas station in Hagersville. Police say between Dec. 16 and Dec. 28, a credit card fraud was discovered at the New Credit Variety and Gas Bar. In total, 41 people had been defrauded…
UK: Sensitive council data put online by mistake
Once again, a breach involving what appears to be over-transparency in government: Devon County Council is currently examining dozens of documents which had been made available on its website to assess the amount of damage done. The authority took the action after the Echo made it aware that it had published financial details relating to…