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UK: ICO reveals four new undertakings following data breaches

Posted on March 1, 2012 by Dissent

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…

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Redhack hits Ankara police website

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Dissent

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…

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UK: Nicked sensitive Avnet server disks sparks ICO probe

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Dissent

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…

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Ca: Police chiefs’ website suffers cyber attack

Posted on February 26, 2012 by Dissent

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…

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DVLA dismisses five people in Wales over data breaches in three years

Posted on February 26, 2012 by Dissent

Alun Jones reports: Five people have been dismissed by the DVLA in Wales in the last three years for breaches of the Data Protection Act. Offences included “unauthorised access of the vehicle record” and “releasing information to a third party”. The Swansea-based agency, which employs about 5,000 staff, said it took data protection “extremely seriously”….

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Valley View University of Ghana hacked

Posted on February 25, 2012 by Dissent

Valley View University in Ghana is a private chartered university.  According to Wikipedia, it is part of a worldwide system of over 100 tertiary institutions operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church. And according to Virtual SEPO, it was hacked. The data dump includes entries consisting of e-mail address, plaintext passwords, and full names. Here’s a…

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