BBC reports: The BBC has said it is “urgently investigating” a breach of data protection by a former TV researcher. The researcher, employed by an independent production company, spent four days working on Monday’s Panorama. The show found that Lutfur Rahman, Tower Hamlets’ mayor, had increased funding to some Bengali-run charities. Opponents accused him of…
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UK: Barclays customers hit by data theft slam “chicken feed” compensation
Grimsby Telegraph has an update to a breach previously noted on this blog: Barclays Bank has come under fire after offering just £250 in compensation to customers whose confidential files were stolen and sold to rogue City traders. At least 2,000 of the bank’s customers were affected by the theft, which included details of their…
UK: Family’s safety ‘put at risk’ by council’s blunder
Stef Lach reports: A father says his family’s safety was put at risk by a council blunder which saw his personal details sent to thousands of people. Renfrewshire Council wrote to the 5354 people on its approved landlords list inviting them to a Landlord Accreditation training course, but also attached a list with personal details…
UK: Northamptonshire Police worker breached data law
A woman has admitted using police systems to access information on her ex-partner while employed by the Northamptonshire force. Julie Crust, 42, of Northfield Road, Northampton, admitted six counts of breaching data protection laws at Northampton Magistrates’ Court. The court heard she was employed as an administrative worker when the offences took place. Crust was…
Missouri Man Sentenced On Computer Hacking Charges
JONATHAN COWDEN was sentenced today to fifteen months of imprisonment resulting from his conviction for hacking a website associated with an Israeli-based business. Cowden was also ordered to pay restitution to the victims of his hacking crimes. The hacking charge against Cowden resulted from a series of computer intrusions Cowden executed between November 2011 and January…
KR: Stolen data on 25 million used in attack on Naver
Kim Young-won reports: A 31-year-old was recently booked by the police for infiltrating the accounts of 25 million people on Naver, the nation’s largest Web portal. According to the National Police Agency on Wednesday, the suspect, surnamed Seo, purchased the private information of 25 million people from a Korean-Chinese in August this year. Seo then…