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UK: Medical and social security records being stored unlawfully and inappropriately accessed, statistics show

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Dissent

Cahal Milmo reports: Medical and social security records kept by public bodies are being unlawfully or inappropriately accessed dozens of times a month and hundreds of civil servants disciplined for data offences, according to Government records. Staff at the Department for Work and Pension (DWP) are being reprimanded at a rate of nearly five per…

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Il: Six indicted over Population Registry data theft

Posted on May 13, 2012 by Dissent

More on a breach previously mentioned on this blog last year. Joanna Parasczuk reports on the evolution of a data breach that started in 2006 as an insider breach and ultimately affected everyone in Israel, it seems: The Tel Aviv District Attorney has charged six people, including a computer programmer formerly employed as a Social…

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Cn: 4 detained in 360buy.com data leak and online thefts

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Dissent

Zhan Jie reports: Four suspects have been detained for obtaining user information illegally from one of China’s largest e-commerce websites and stealing money from its user accounts, Xinhua News Agency reported today. More than 2,000 customers of 360buy.com fell victim to the information leak and lost more than 30,000 yuan (US$4,785) in total, Beijing prosecutors…

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TeamPoison still active, attacks governments and corporations

Posted on May 5, 2012 by Dissent

TeamPoison has been busy, it seems, despite the arrest of one of their members. In a tweet on May 3, the group announced they had hacked the government of Australia: Australian Goverment Owned by TeaMp0isoN : Listen to your citizens : pastebay.net/818484 #TeaMp0isoN — TeaMp0isoN (@TeaMp0isoN__) May 3, 2012 In a statement preceding the data, the…

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Ie: Security fears for prison staff after details found in cell

Posted on May 5, 2012 by Dissent

Occasionally I’ve noted breaches that leave people concerned for their physical safety. A breach involving Islington Council reported at the end of last month falls into that group, as did an earlier breach involving the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia. Now Cormac O’Keeffe reports on one from Ireland: Prison officers held an emergency meeting with…

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UK: Kingston Council faces privacy breach claim

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Dissent

Nazia Dewji reports that a mailing error by Kingston Council resulted in 100 rent statements being sent out with the first page belonging to one tenant’s account and the second page belonging to a different person: The data included details of housing benefits entitlements and other benefits, the name of the bank each tenant used,…

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