Allison Salz reports: An investigation that recovered more than 150 stolen IDs has Edmonton police urging everyone to protect their information. […] “Credit cards, Alberta health care, social insurance cards, that kind of documentation, which was being used to produce fraudulent identification,” says Dehid. ”This is a solid example of some of the activity that…
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(update) UK: University inquiry as students’ personal details leaked online
The University of York data leak reported earlier this week continues to get a lot of attention in the UK. A news story today in the Yorkshire Post adds/confirms a few details: Students’ addresses, phone numbers and even A-level results were published on the University of York website in what a campaign group has called…
UK: Wolverhampton City Council breached Data Protection Act; Confidential records dumped in skip
From the ICO: Wolverhampton City Council breached the Data Protection Act by allowing confidential personal information to be disposed of in a skip, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said today. The ICO first became aware of the breach in October 2010 when a local newspaper reported that council documents containing names, dates of birth, bank…
UWindsor sends 650 tax slips to wrong people
The University of Windsor Finance Department mistakenly sent about 650 income tax slips to the wrong people, meaning personal information, including social insurance numbers, ended up in someone else’s mailbox. […] “I received two envelopes. Both were addressed to me so I opened them both,” said Kennedy. “One had all of my information in it,…
UK: University of York leaks private details of entire student body
The University of York’s student publication, Nouse, blows the whistle on a breach at the university involving exposure of student information: On a student enquiry screening function enabled on the website, and open to the general public, the private details of any registered student were made freely accessible. This included all their personal details such…
Thousands in Europe Faced Theft by Phuket ATM ‘Skim Scam’ Gang
Pathomporn Kaenkrachang reports: Four tourists from Romania have been accused of perpetrating an ATM credit card scam that stretched from London to Latvia and on to Thailand, delivering them 100 million baht and involving the theft of about 7000 credit card details. The four appeared today at Phuket’s Tourist Police HQ. One, Bogdan Constantin Ene,…