A Black Isle cop is facing allegations he breached data protection laws by logging into a police computer system to find details on a colleague who was likely to be a witness against him in a Northern Constabulary misconduct investigation. The trial of Alan Heap (43) – whose address was given as c/o Burnett Road…
Category: Non-U.S.
Leakage from website poses threat to Chinese netizens
Xiang Yang provides some interesting statistics. Translated by e Xin, People’s Daily Online reports: … By the end of 2011, a total of 26 website were suspected to have users’ information leaked, involving 278 million accounts and passwords, according to the statistics from the National Computer Network Emergency Response Technical Team/Coordination Center of China (CNCERT/CC)….
UK: ICO reveals four new undertakings following data breaches
From the ICO: Durham University breached the Data Protection Act after disclosing personal information in training materials published on its website, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said today. The personal data was contained in screenshots used to demonstrate the use of particular University systems and included details such as names, addresses and dates of birth…
Redhack hits Ankara police website
Another law enforcement site, this one in Turkey, hit. ANF reports: The website of the police headquarter in Ankara has been hacked by Redhack in the organization of ‘AntiSec’ formation. Panicked after the attack,the police shut down all their servers, writes the Redhack site, but they could not prevent Redhack from getting the files. Explaining…
UK: Nicked sensitive Avnet server disks sparks ICO probe
Paul Kunert reports an update on a breach I seem to have missed: The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has confirmed it is investigating a potential data breach at Avnet Technology Solutions (TS) following the break-in prior to Christmas. As previously reported, thieves raided the enterprise distie’s Haslingden office on 21 December and made off with hard…
Ca: Police chiefs’ website suffers cyber attack
Add the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police to any list of law enforcement agencies attacked by Anonymous or its affiliates. A cyber attack on the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police’s website has only bolstered the organization’s support for the government’s controversial online surveillance bill, a spokesman said Saturday. The association took down the…