The Ardrossan Herald reports: A local police officer has been found to be in breach of the Data Protection Act after a dispute between neighbours, it emerged this week. But John Gribben, of Ardrossan, will not be prosecuted in court after it was found he had unlawfully accessed information using police computer systems. The 44-year-old…
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JM: Computer technician in billion-dollar tax theft returns to court today
The Jamaica Observer reports: Christopher Moore, the former Tax Administration Jamaica employee, who reportedly caused the Government to lose in excess of $1 billion in tax revenues, will again appear in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court today. Allegations are that, between October and December 2013, Moore gained access to the main taxing system for…
UK: Nisa is rocked by password thefts
Oliver Shah reports Preparations for Nisa Retail’s annual meeting tomorrow have been disrupted by a damaging leak of members’ data. A whistleblower at the convenience store supplier, which has a turnover of £1.6bn, drew attention to the circulation of a spreadsheet containing shareholders’ addresses, phone numbers and online passwords. The data, seen by The Sunday Times,…
National Express print-at-home vulnerability
Paul writes: National Express are one of the biggest public transport companies in the UK with a huge fleet of coaches and trains. This vulnerability discloses customers information to a potential attacker such as the passengers names, destination, last 4 digits of the card, price the customer paid for the tickets and of course the…
Benesse ordered to improve personal info management after data theft
Kyodo News provides an update to a breach involving education services provider Benesse. The breach was disclosed in July: The industry ministry on Friday ordered Benesse Corp. to improve its management of personal information after the company was embroiled in Japan’s biggest-ever data theft. The company’s investigative team has found that some 28.95 million customers…
UK: Three Aberdeen council workers sacked for breaching data protection rules
David Ewen reports: Three Aberdeen council workers have been sacked for accessing private information about people, the Evening Express can reveal today. The former employees of Aberdeen City Council got their marching orders after breaching the Data Protection Act. A further nine members of staff were reprimanded for misconduct, which included leaking information from a…