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Ca: Edmonton public schools blasted over memory stick loss

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Dissent

CBC News reports: Edmonton Public School District did not follow its own policy in the loss of memory stick containing personal information of more than 7,500 employees, says the Alberta privacy commissioner. An investigation by the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner found information on the USB memory stick was no protected by a…

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UK: SDT suspends ACS:Law founder for two years

Posted on January 17, 2012 by Dissent

James Swift reports: ACS:Law founder Andrew Crossley has been suspended from practising for two years and ordered to pay £76,326.55 in costs at a Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) hearing yesterday (16 January). Crossley, who is bankrupt and represented himself, admitted six charges levied at him by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) as a result of…

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Facebook denies that “Hannibal” has hacked Arabs’ Facebook accounts

Posted on January 16, 2012 by Dissent

In a series of posts on Pastebin, a hacker who calls himself “Hannibal” (for Hannibal Lecter), has dumped thousands of e-mail addresses and plain-text passwords that he claims are from Arabs’ Facebook accounts. Yesterday, he posted  20,000.  Today, he posted 30,000 more. I contacted Facebook for a statement on the allegations that they have been hacked….

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UK: Crossing a line that should not be crossed: 8 officers resign over misuse of police database

Posted on January 15, 2012 by Dissent

Russell Myers reports: Eight police staff have lost their jobs after illegally accessing the confidential records of dozens of people on the Police National Computer. Of the eight, one police officer and one community support officer (PCSO) are facing criminal charges after an investigation by Essex Police found them guilty of gross misconduct. Another PCSO…

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UK: Namesco spits out phishy warning after credit card info leak

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Dissent

John Leyden reports: Namesco customers are angry over the domain name and hosting firm’s handling of a security breach that exposed their credit card details. A number of punters’ card details were leaked after hackers broke into Namesco’s systems. The web biz notified these customers as well as advising a larger number of its clients…

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Saudi denies bank info breach by Israeli hackers (updated)

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Dissent

Tarek El-Tablawy reports: A top Saudi banking official on Tuesday denied an Israeli media report that hackers from Israel obtained credit card and bank account details of thousands of Saudi citizens, retaliating for an attack on Israeli accounts. Talaat Hafez, secretary-general of the media office in the kingdom’s banking authority, denied a report by the…

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