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10 days and additional information later…. (BioWare update)

Posted on June 24, 2011 by Dissent

Back on June 14, BioWare learned that they had been hacked. The following day, and as reported here previously, they notified users on their forum that the hack may have compromised “information such as user account names and passwords, email addresses, and birth dates of approximately 18,000 accounts.” Today, 10 days later, my son received…

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NATO e-bookshop discloses “probable” data breach (Updated)

Posted on June 24, 2011 by Dissent

In an example of how to leave breach watchers scratching their heads, NATO issued the following statement on its site yesterday: 23 Jun. 2011 Probable data breach from a NATO-related website Police dealing with digital crimes have notified NATO of a probable data breach from a NATO-related website operated by an external company. NATO’s e-Bookshop…

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Laptops containing personal information stolen from council building in Kirkby

Posted on June 24, 2011 by Dissent

John Siddle reports: Laptops believed to contain taxi drivers’ personal details were stolen from a Merseyside council building. Twenty-one computers, together worth thousands of pounds, are believed to have also contained the names, addresses, dates of birth and national insurance numbers of cab drivers. Details of environmental health inspections were also stored on the Knowsley…

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Travelodge writes to customers about breach

Posted on June 24, 2011 by Dissent

After The Register made it clear yesterday that Travelodge had a problem somewhere with the security of it email lists, the company responded in this letter to customers: Thursday 23rd June 2011 (3.00pm) Dear Customer, Our main priority is to ensure the security of our customers’ data, which is why I wanted to make you…

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Travelodge hacked, investigating

Posted on June 23, 2011 by Dissent

John Oates reports: Travelodge is investigating its IT systems to discover how customer email addresses have gone astray. The Reg was contacted this morning by a reader who was receiving spam emails to a unique email address he had only given to Travelodge. Several other customers have blogged of similar experiences, here’s Shepy’s post on the apparent…

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UK banks unaffected by European data breach crackdown

Posted on June 23, 2011 by Dissent

Karl Finders reports: A crackdown on businesses which will make it mandatory to report security breaches will have little impact on UK banks, according to the British Bankers Association (BBA). Speaking at the BBA’s Data Protection and Privacy Conference, Viviane Reding, vice-president of the European Commission, said new rules will be implemented in Europe forcing businesses to…

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