Tuoitrenews reports: After a 2-year investigation in coordination with the US and UK police, the Vietnamese police have seized eight members of a transnational criminal ring that stole credit card information and e-commerce information to appropriate hundreds of millions of dollars from their victims in many countries. Read more on Tuoitrenews.
Category: Non-U.S.
Data breach notification rules should only apply where individuals are ‘severely affected’, say EU Ministers
Out-Law.com reports: Businesses should only have to report that they have experienced a personal data breach in cases where it is likely that individuals’ rights and freedoms have been “severely affected” by such a breach, EU Ministers have proposed. The Working Party on Information Exchange and Data Protection (DAPIX), set up within the structure’s of…
CN: Thousands busted in identity theft cases
China Daily reports: Police have busted 4,382 cases of personal information theft, involving 5 billion pieces ofstolen information, People’s Daily reported Thursday. More than 4,000 suspects have been arrested in three national crackdowns launched in 2012 and 2013, and at least 1,200 gangs selling and buying personal information illegally have been destroyed. More than 200 suspects have been punished for providing, selling and obtaining personal information illegally, and the rest face punishment. That’s impressive. I wish I could find the article on People’s Daily, but haven’t been able to track it down yet.
Groupon Taiwan resets user passwords after hack, but credit card details not leaked
The Next Web reports: Groupon Taiwan has revealed that it has been the victim of a hack which saw usernames and passwords belonging to its 4.1 million registered users compromised. On the positive side, the intruders did not access credit cards and financial details, the company said. As Inside Taiwan reports [Chinese], the attack on the service…
Council’s sensitive documents found at tip
Radio New Zealand reports: Confidential documents and other sensitive financial papers from the Buller District Council have been found dumped at a tip and the mayor admits it is a drastic mistake. Westport woman Jenny Thomas came across the pile of paperwork while looking for glass bottles at the tip at Karamea last Thursday. Ms…
Are TerraCom and YourTel the poster children for how NOT to respond to a breach?
Isaac Wolf reports: A month ago, two phone carriers participating in a federal benefit program were alerted that sensitive customer records, including Social Security numbers and bank-account records, were freely posted online. Now, Oklahoma-based TerraCom Inc. and affiliate YourTel America Inc. — the companies that collected the records — say they don’t plan to notify…