A number of control failures at Japanese financial services firms, which occurred even after warnings were issued by the country’s regulators, has prompted Japan’s finance minister to suggest tougher enforcement penalties be introduced. In a recent speech, finance minister Kaoru Yosano said financial regulators might have to introduce tougher penalties for financial institutions that fail…
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Stolen Malaysian CC Found in AU Raids
An elaborate fraud syndicate allegedly masterminded by a Sydney man has been brought down, after millions of dollars were spent using more than 1,200 fake credit cards, the Australian Associated Press reported. Personal information was stolen from card holders in Australia, Malaysia, Spain, and Britain, then allegedly used by the syndicate to manufacture fake credit…
Former Mitsubishi UFJ Manager Arrested
Tokyo police Thursday arrested a former manager at a brokerage who was fired for stealing personal data on nearly 1.5 million customers and selling some of the information to mailing list companies. Hideaki Kubo, 44, a former acting manager at Mitsubishi UFJ Securities Co.’s systems department, has admitted to the allegations of theft and illegal…
Laptops with Patient Data Stolen in Alberta
The University of Alberta Hospital is reporting that a burglary occurred earlier this month resulting in two laptops containing patient information being stolen. Alberta Health Services said the theft happened on June 4th, in the hospital’s Provincial Lab Information Technology room. Two laptops with health information of more than 300,000 people were stolen. Information on…
Manchester City Council breaches the Data Protection Act
From the press release (pdf) from the Information Commissioner’s Office: The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has found Manchester City Council in breach of the Data Protection Act after the theft of two laptop computers from the Town Hall, one of which contained personal details relating to 1,754 employees at local schools. Neither of the laptops…
UK: Personal data exposed on website
From Kevin Peachey and Bill Wilson of the BBC News: Personal data including the signatures of recipients has been exposed to those tracking deliveries on the Parcelforce website, the BBC has discovered. A failure in the system allowed people using the mail tracing service access to the name, postcode and signature of various addressees. The…