The BBC reports: Allegations that Pembrokeshire council wrongly disclosed sensitive reports about 10 child sex abuse victims to another victim are being investigated. It is claimed the person wanted information about himself, but received private details about others. Read more on BBC. The story was initially reported earlier today in Western Mail, which provides more…
Category: Non-U.S.
Japanese web portals hacked, up to 100,000 accounts compromised
Jay Alabaster reports: Two of Japan’s major Internet portals were hacked earlier this week, with one warning that as many as 100,000 user accounts were compromised, including financial details. Goo, a Japanese Internet portal owned by network operator NTT, said it had no choice but to lock 100,000 accounts to prevent illicit logins. The company…
Westpac tight-lipped over privacy breach
Jimmy Ellingham reports: Westpac is refusing to say if it has told customers affected by a privacy breach that details of their term deposits have been either handed over or taken from one of its Palmerston North branches. Regardless of how the breach happened, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner says it is often a…
19 Derbyshire police workers caught abusing force files
Nineteen members of staff at Derbyshire police have breached data protection rules in the last three years by accessing information they were not allowed to see. One officer searched the force database to find information logged about his relationship with an illegal immigrant. He resigned before misconduct proceedings could take place Read more from the…
Debunking claims that Mossad’s database was leaked
In a blog post on March 24, I expressed my profound skepticism over claims that Mossad’s database of agents had been hacked and/or leaked. Today, HuHu points me to a blog post in which the more likely source of the leaked data is revealed. The tagged email addresses in the leaked data suggest to HuHu…
Mossad web site data hacked by #OpIsrael, agents data leaked. Oh really?
When HackRead reported, #OpIsrael: Mossad Website breached, Personal Details of over 30,000 Agents Leaked by Anonymous, my first thought was that I wished they didn’t just uncritically repeat claims. Did they examine the database/spread sheets before repeating tweets and claims? I did a random check of the database, and frankly, I find it extremely unlikely that…