Gregor Hunter reports: A bank blunder has revealed the personal email details of scores of HSBC’s high-income customers for the second time in two years. The security breach occurred after a mass email was sent on Sunday morning to 178 customers of HSBC Premier, the bank’s account level for high earners, advising them that it…
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Update: Suspected hacker in Hyundai Capital incident arrested in Philippines
A suspected hacker wanted on suspicion of stealing customer data earlier this year from Hyundai Capital, an affiliate of South Korea’s top automaker, has recently been arrested in the Philippines, police here said Monday. The 35-year-old man, identified only by his surname Shin, allegedly broke into the computer system of the financial firm several times…
Dumfries and Galloway Council gets rap on the knuckles and undertaking for web exposure breach
From the Information Commissioner’s Office: Dumfries and Galloway Council breached the Data Protection Act by accidentally publishing a spreadsheet containing the names, salaries and dates of birth of nearly 900 current and former employees on their website, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said today. The personal information – which was mistakenly disclosed as part of…
AU: First State Superannuation fails to adequately secure online accounts, then threatens the security researcher?
First, let’s start with the breach, as reported by Darren Pauli on SC Magazine: A security researcher was questioned by NSW Police after quietly reporting a massive security gaffe to First State Superannuation that potentially exposed millions of customer accounts. Patrick Webster found he was able to access electronic superannuation notices of any customer by…
Top Tory ‘lost voters’ personal info’ days before ID fraud week
Anna Leach reports: Just days before the start of National Identity Fraud Prevention Week on Monday, the Prime Minister’s chief policy advisor Oliver Letwin has been snapped binning what appear to be documents containing personal information in a public park. The discarded documents are said to include the addresses of Letwin’s constituents in West Dorset,…
Air Pacific confirms suspension of employee over data theft
Felix Chaudhary reports: National carrier Air Pacific has confirmed the suspension of an employee suspected of removing sensitive and confidential documents from the airline’s computer database. In a statement released by an airline spokesman, Air Pacific also confirmed that the data stolen included documents relating to the Essential National Industries Employment Decree, individual pilot and…