Matt Warman reports: Data security breaches have risen by 58 per cent in the last year, the Information Commissioner has revealed. Christopher Graham said that although businesses are taking the protection of their customers’ data more seriously, in fact more breaches were being reported and fewer than half of all individuals believe companies treat personal…
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Gameloft confirms that Order & Chaos Online accounts on Facebook and mobile devices have been hacked
Will Wilson reports: Gameloft has admitted to Pocket Gamer that a number of Order & Chaos Online players have had their accounts hacked, and that the company is looking into the cause for the security breaches in its MMORPG. The exact number of victims is unknown at this time, although the official forums for the…
UK: Probe at Edge Hill University after student data breach
Rob Pattinson reports: A (sic) investigation has been launched after personal details of nearly 800 Edge Hill University students were sent out in an email. The email, sent by a university staff member to 53 students, mistakenly contained 798 other students’ addresses, email addresses, course enrolment details and student network passwords. The university told the…
In the wake of really bad press, First State Super walks back its threats against researcher
Some updates to the First State Superannuation breach reported previously: 1. First State will not be taking legal action against Patrick Webster, the customer and IT security expert who alerted them to the breach. 2. The Australian Privacy Commissioner will investigate the breach. 3. On October 19, First State issued a statement linked from their home…
UK: Housing group emailed workers’ details to wrong address
As a follow-up to a breach previously reported on this site, the Information Commissioner’s Office found that a private housing group breached the Data Protection Act by sending the personal data of 200 employees to the wrong email address. In March of this year, an employee of Spectrum Housing Group accidentally emailed a non-secure excel…
UK: 100 private documents accidentally published on police website
Martin Williams writes: Privacy breaches by the Metropolitan Police have left more than 100 documents online which contain confidential information. Names, email addresses and employment details are among the private data which can still be viewed on the Met’s website. Police publish all their responses to questions in an online disclosure log. But staff are routinely failing to…