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Update: Vodafone alerts privacy watchdog

Posted on July 9, 2014 by Dissent

Tom Pullar-Strecker and Siobhan Downes report: Vodafone says it has informed the Privacy Commissioner about a data breach identified by a customer yesterday. The customer said he had been able to access details of other people’s Vodafone’s accounts, including personal information, their internet usage and credit-card details by using a default password. Vodafone spokeswoman Emma Carter…

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SingPass breach: time for government agencies to take security more seriously

Posted on July 8, 2014 by Dissent

Alfred Siew reports: Perhaps the worst thing that can happen after the recent SingPass security breach is to assume it cannot happen again. This idea that everything is working fine is foolhardy, after news last week that three of the 1,560 compromised SingPass accounts were used to apply for work permits. Thus it’s disappointing to hear the government saying there are no…

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NZ: Vodafone privacy breach ‘serious’

Posted on July 8, 2014 by Dissent

Liam Hyslop reports: Vodafone is experiencing a serious privacy breach – people with a master password are able to access private customer information, including credit card details. The loophole was discovered by a new Vodafone customer, who said he accidentally accessed another Vodafone customer’s account with the password when he was trying to get into…

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Hotel Hippo website goes belly-up after massive security failure

Posted on July 7, 2014 by Dissent

Graham Cluley writes that the Hotel Hippo website is no more following an “appalling” leak recently disclosed by a researcher. A statement issued by HotelStayUK confirms its demise: HotelHippo has shut down and will not reopen. Our investigations showed that just 24 customers were affected by the issues with HotelHippo. This was a small very little used site….

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NG: Fraudsters hack into Ogun account

Posted on July 6, 2014 by Dissent

KingFemii reports: Suspected internet fraudsters have reportedly hacked into Ogun State-owned mortgage bank, Gateway Savings and Loans Limited, and stole millions of Naira. [1 million Nigerian Naira = $6,146.29  – Dissent] Men of Ogun State Police Command are investigating the multi-million Naira fraud. It sounds like some heavy-handed tactics for investigating a hack, and it’s…

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DK: Police were warned during hacker attack

Posted on July 4, 2014 by Dissent

AJ reports on a breach that allegedly involved a Danish hacker and  Pirate Bay co-founder Gottfrid Svartholm Wargi: Denmark’s most devastating hacker attack could have been prevented from escalating if the national police Rigspolitiet and the IT company CSC had reacted to a critical report by Deloitte in June 2012, Politiken reports. By the time…

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