Terry Macalister reports: The mining group Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation warned on Thursday that it may have lost internal data as a result of computer hacking and the theft of a laptop. The problems add to a complicated picture for ENRC, a London-based but Kazakh-facing producer of minerals from iron ore to coal, which received an indicative takeover offer…
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Distress must be directly linked to data breach for consumers to claim compensation, rules Court of Appeal
From Out-Law.com: In a recently published judgment, the Court said that the Data Protection Act (DPA) does not oblige businesses to pay individuals compensation for distress that causes damage where the distress caused is not attributable to a breach of the Act. Under section 13 of the DPA a person is generally entitled to compensation…
Yahoo Japan suspects 22 million IDs stolen
Last month, Yahoo! Japan disclosed that it had discovered that malware inserted in its system had extracted user data for 1.27 million users, but that the breach was stopped before it leaked any of the information outside of the company. Now, in what appears to be an unrelated incident, the company reports that it suspects…
WINZ: privacy breach ‘major stuff up’
Michael Morrah reports on yet another government data breach in New Zealand: There’s been another government breach of privacy. A Work and Income employee has emailed the private details of 34 beneficiaries to another claimant by mistake. Even WINZ bosses are calling this breach a “major stuff up”. It’s the latest in a series of…
Titanic Belfast web site data leak
If you tried to obtain tickets to the Game of Thrones exhibition through the Titanic Belfast web site, some of your data personal may have leaked. See this BBC report.
UK: Essex County Council has 27,000 computer hacker attacks in a year
Just for perspective…. Ben Bland reports: More than 25,000 cyber attacks were carried out against Essex County Council in the past year, it has emerged. It is thought those carrying out the attacks were attempting to access the personal details of people living in Essex, which are held by the authority. The council refused to…