Mick Gorrill, Head of Enforcement at the ICO, said: “In September 2010, the ICO opened an investigation into allegations that a database containing the personal information of 250,000 individuals who had purchased tickets for football matches in the 2006 FIFA World Cup competition in Germany, had been unlawfully sold on the black market. This followed…
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(Update) Hacker who planned to attack 74,000 computers worldwide gets suspended sentence
An Adelaide computer hacker who offered software that could capture people’s bank details for sale on an “internet criminal bazaar” has received a suspended jail term. Anthony Scott Harrison, 21, used the internet to teach himself the necessary hacking and programming skills to attack 2370 computers world wide in 2009. He also modified and sold…
(update) Vodafone fires staff after security breaches
Vodafone has fired a number of employees following an investigation into security breaches on the weekend. Customer records were leaked after a password to the telco’s internet database was shared by a number of people. Since the incident, Vodafone says it has let employees go and contacted the New South Wales Police. Read more on…
Hacked iTunes accounts taken off China e-commerce site
Michael Kan reports the latest on a situation previously covered on this blog. The sale of hacked iTunes accounts in China has been dealt a blow as the Chinese online retailer Taobao.com has decided to remove all product listings relating to the sale of the stolen accounts. Taobao, China’s largest online retailer with 370 million…
Security lapses at Statistics Canada
Kathleen Harris reports that a freedom of information request revealed a number of data security breaches involving Statistics Canada: There have been several cases of government-issued laptops containing confidential personal information stolen from employees’ homes or vehicles. In at least two incidents, field interviewers had left a sticky note with the password with the portable…
Ca: Boy hacked into Catholic school board’s computer
Another Canadian school has been caught with its security pants down, it seems, after some security protections were not reactivated following a server upgrade. Kennedy Gordon reports: The Catholic school board took action after learning a young hacker had accessed confidential records — action due in part to the boy’s parents. John Mackle, education director…