Warwick Ashford reports: The UK should introduce prison sentences for using stolen personal data, says Information Commissioner Christopher Graham. He is calling for an effective deterrent to the “routine trashing of individuals’ rights” under the Data Protection Act, according to according to Bloomberg. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) proposed a two-year prison term in 2006 after investigating the sale of stolen…
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AU: Credit card details hacked at Horsham business
Police at Horsham, in the state’s west, say the computer system of a Horsham business has been hacked and people’s credit card details stolen. For legal reasons, police are not identifying which business had its computer remotely accessed. There have now been 60 complaints of unauthorised use of cards from the Wimmera Mallee, but police…
Data stolen from 35 million South Korean social networking users
Graham Cluley writes: Hackers have broken into the popular South Korean websites Nate and Cyworld earlier this week, and stolen information about 35 million social networking users. Names, email addresses, phone numbers and resident registration numbers of users are said to have been compromised. The BBC reports that the Korean Communications Commission has pointed the finger…
Without proper laws governing public disclosure of data security hacks, Canadians remain at risk.
Lawyer Jonathan Penney writes: Another day, another hack. Apple, Sony, Citigroup, and Lockheed Martin are just some of the big-name companies afflicted by recent cyber-security breaches. Canada has not been spared. Beyond the attacks on the federal Treasury and Finance Departments, Sony, Husky Energy, and Honda have all had Canadian branches or units compromised in…
Stolen USB stick contained police investigation details
Graham Cluley writes: Greater Manchester Police have warned that sensitive information about an ongoing criminal investigation was contained on a USB memory stick stolen from an officer’s home in Oldham, UK. The officer has been suspended, pending an investigation, and the matter has been referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission and the Information Commissioner….
Ru: Internet Shopping Data Compromised
First it was Megafon leaking SMS history and having it indexed on Yandex’s search engine. Now there’s a bigger breach. Natalya Krainova of The Moscow Times reports: A third Internet leak in just a week has exposed the private shopping habits of people at more than 80 online stores, including those selling model cars, perfume…