Jamie Bowman reports: A Southport mechanic is counting the cost after a thief stole cash and a computer from his garage while he was busy working on a car. Gordon Mawdsley, the owner of the Autofix Centre on Shakespeare Street, said the impact on his business would be “massive”, following the theft of his new…
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UK: Vince Cable apologises over binned letters
Rajeev Syal reports: Vince Cable has been forced to apologise publicly for the second time in three weeks after confidential documents were discovered in bins outside his constituency office. The unshredded paperwork, which contained letters from ministers, was found dumped outside the business secretary’s Twickenham office. Personal details of constituents were also found in transparent…
Data breach puts 16,000 Finns’ details online
YLE reports: More than 16,000 Finnish people have had their data leaked on a file-sharing website. Social security numbers, home addresses, telephone numbers and email addresses were among the leaked data. According to F-Secure CEO Mikko Hyppönen, it is not yet known how the information ended up online, but it looks as though it could…
Web site of Sociedad Española de Farmacia Hospitalaria hacked
A hacker or hackers have compromised the usernames and passwords of people registered for the web site of the Sociedad Española de Farmacia Hospitalaria. In some cases, individuals used their e-mail addresses as their logins, raising additional security concerns if they re-use passwords. The data dump by an unidentified hacker contained 1826 unique usernames with clear-text…
UK: What’s gone wrong at #ICO?
Stewart Room writes: If you’ve been keeping a close eye on developments at the Information Commissioner’s Office, then you will have detected a very clear trend when it comes to regulatory enforcement action. Basically, ICO has abandoned the monetary penalty and other statutory enforcement mechanisms, for “undertakings”. Read more on Stewart Room. I’m glad for…
UK: Vince Cable apologises for disclosing confidential documents
Business Secretary Vince Cable has apologised ”unreservedly” after confidential documents were discovered in bins left outside his constituency office. Unshredded paperwork, including correspondence from ministers and letters which contained personal details of his constituents, were found dumped in transparent recycling bags outside the Liberal Democrat’s Richmond and Twickenham HQ over a nine month period. Read…