The London Borough of Southwark Council breached the Data Protection Act by misplacing a computer and papers containing 7,200 peoples’ personal information which were discovered in a dumpster earlier this year. In a press release issued today , the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said the computer and papers were mistakenly left at one of the…
Category: Non-U.S.
Another data breach revealed in Finland
The third large-scale data security breach in the space of a few days was revealed in Finland on Wednesday, with usernames, passwords and email addresses belonging to about 12,000 users of Netcar, a used car website, posted on the internet. A person claiming responsibility for the breach said they had no links to Anonymous Finland,…
Computer IDs, passwords of Japan lawmakers leaked
The computer IDs and passwords of all the lawmakers in the House of Representatives were leaked during recent cyber-attacks against the lower house’s server and personal computers, it has been revealed. In a report released Monday, the lower house also said e-mails sent to its lawmakers might have been accessible to hackers for a maximum…
UK: Stolen backup drive results in undertaking for Phoenix Nursery School
Phoenix Nursery School in Wolverhampton ran afoul of the Data Protection Act when an unencrypted backup tape containing names and addresses of 70 pupils and their parents or guardians was stolen, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said today. The tape also contained a small amount of information relating to the health of several pupils. According…
UK: Laptop stolen from Scottish advocate’s home results in undertaking
A Scottish advocate breached the Data Protection Act after failing to encrypt a laptop containing sensitive personal data which was later stolen, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said today. The laptop was stolen from the home of Ruth Crawford QC in 2009 when she was away on holiday. Ms. Crawford noted that she had left…
Ca: ‘Insider’ government data breaches soaring
Emily Chung reports: The proportion of “insider” internet security breaches caused by employees are rising quickly within Canadian government departments and agencies, a new study shows. Insider breaches in the government sector grew by 28 per cent between 2010 and 2011 and are up 68 per cent since 2008, the fourth annual Telus-Rotman joint study…