From the Information Commissioner’s Office: Think W3 Limited, an online travel services company, has been served a £150,000 monetary penalty after a serious breach of the Data Protection Act revealed thousands of people’s details to a malicious hacker. The company was hacked in December 2012 after using insecure coding on the website of a subsidiary business, Essential…
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Update: Benesse data theft suspect’s smartphone had info on 22.6 million customers
Updated breach estimate and scope: Education services provider Benesse Corp. said personal data on 22.6 million customers were stored on a smartphone owned by the Tokyo systems engineer under arrest on suspicion of theft and illegal copying of customer data. While announcing the figure Monday, Benesse, a subsidiary of Benesse Holdings Inc., said the stolen…
Ie: Private investigator to be tried over data breaches in October
Elaine Edwards reports: A private investigator charged in relation to alleged breaches of data protection legislation will be tried in October. Michael J Gaynor, trading as MJG Investigations, Beatty Grove, Celbridge, Co Kildare, was before Dublin District Court this morning facing a prosecution by the Data Protection Commissioner. Mr Gaynor faced 72 criminal charges in…
AU: Catch of the Day Hacked Three Years Ago, Personal Details Stolen
Campbell Phillips reports on what appears to be a large breach involving an Australian e-tailer: Accounts registered with CatchOfTheDay before May 7, 2011 have been compromised according to a recent email to all of the business’ subscribers. As the email states, the breach occurred in early 2011 and is described as an “illegal cyber intrusion,…
Ca: Stephen Arthuro Solis-Reyes, accused in CRA Heartbleed hack, due in court
CBC News reports: The Western University student charged in a security breach of Revenue Canada‘s website is scheduled to make his first appearance in an Ottawa courtroom today. Stephen Arthuro Solis-Reyes, 19, of London, Ont., is charged with one count of unauthorized use of a computer and one count of mischief in relation to data…
Update: Man arrested over Benesse data theft
Mainichi reports: A 39-year-old systems engineer was arrested Thursday over a massive customer data theft from Benesse Holdings Inc. on suspicion of copying confidential business data from the major correspondence education provider for children, police said. Masaomi Matsuzaki is alleged to have downloaded and copied Benesse’s data covering some 10.19 million customers — including such…