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NZ: Hacker attack costs $25,000

Posted on October 23, 2013 by Dissent

Maryke Penman reports: Overseas hackers have conned three Auckland businesses out of tens of thousands of dollars in an elaborate email scam. The Albany and Devonport-based businesses fell victim to the ruse when placing email orders with Chinese suppliers. Rosedale dive and spearfishing retailer Wettie was targeted when owner Darren Shields placed an order with…

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Ca: Brandon University hacked; learned of breach from hacker (UPDATED)

Posted on October 23, 2013 by Dissent

One of the Brandon University servers was hacked over the Thanksgiving long weekend. Brandon University President Dr. Deborah Poff stated in an email sent to students and administration on the morning of Friday, October 18th that the university had received evidence confirming access by an unauthorized individual of one of the forty servers in the computer…

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UK: Government and ISPs working together to improve customers’ data security

Posted on October 23, 2013 by Dissent

From Out-Law.com: In response to a report into e-crime (19-page / 286KB PDF) by Parliament’s Home Affairs Committee, the Home Office said that it recognised that a lack of consumer awareness about cyber crime was helping criminals to prosper online and steal customer information. The Home Office said, though, that it was taking steps to address…

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UK privacy watchdog fines Ministry of Justice for email leaks of prisoner details

Posted on October 22, 2013 by Dissent

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has served the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) with a monetary penalty of £140,000 after a serious data breach led to the details of all of the prisoners serving at HMP Cardiff being emailed to three of the inmates’ families. The breach was only discovered when one of the recipients contacted…

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Telstra sanctioned for failing to protect customer data

Posted on October 21, 2013 by Dissent

Telstra is still getting bad press over a breach in 2011 that was previously covered on this blog. Telecoms giant Telstra has been sanctioned by the Australian Communications and Media Authority for failing to protect privacy of customer billing and personal information. The ACMA found that Telstra breached its customer privacy obligations when personal information…

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French Data Protection Authority CNIL Announces New Online Notification Procedure For Reporting Data Breaches

Posted on October 18, 2013 by Dissent

Cynthia O’Donoghue and Daniel Kadar write: France’s data protection authority, the Commission Nationale De L’informatique et Des Libertés (CNIL), released a new mandatory online notification procedure for French electronic communications service providers (Providers) to rapidly report data breaches to CNIL in compliance with new EC Regulation (No.611/2013) (the Regulation). Any data breach must be reported to CNIL via a…

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