Customers who stayed at one of the hotels owned by international hotel conglomerate Starwood within Germany may have been victim to widespread credit card fraud, the company confirmed on Tuesday. The New York-based company owns chains such as Sheraton, Westin and Le Méridien, and believes that some customers who carry “Miles and More” cards –…
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For sale: Personal details of millions of Ladbrokes gamblers
Jason Lewis and Sandra White report: The confidential records of millions of British gamblers who bet with top bookmaker Ladbrokes have been offered for sale to The Mail on Sunday. The huge data theft is now at the centre of a criminal investigation after this newspaper was given the personal information of 10,000 Ladbrokes customers…
Indonesian Police Intensifying Efforts To Investigate ATM Scams
The Indonesian police are working closely with banks to protect customers and investigate this week’s reports of ATM break-in cases which may cause national banks to lose about Rp5 billion (RM1.8 million), Indonesia’s Antara news agency reported. “The Criminal Investigation Department (Bareskrim) of the National Police has sent telegrams to all regional police chief detectives…
AU: Support Staff survives data theft attempt
Ry Crozier reports: A recruiter hit by a thief attempting to install malware had fielded calls from government departments anxious for assurances that the business’s IT systems were not breached. Support Staff Australasia’s managing director Richard Gilham told iTnews he had assurances from police investigators and his IT team that the thief did not access…
Ca: Nine charged under new identity theft law
Three Brampton men are among nine people charged with province-wide point-of-sale “pin pad” tampering following a joint forces investigation led by the OPP Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau. The investigation started in Parry Sound last November and a group of suspects was soon identified. They were believed responsible for numerous incidents of tampering with credit card…
UK: Privacy watchdog takes action after thousands of health records are stolen
Mark Hackett, the Chief Executive of Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust (SUHT), has made a formal commitment to improve data security after the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) found SUHT in breach of the Data Protection Act. On 19 October 2009 a member of SUHT staff left an unencrypted laptop containing sensitive personal information in a…