Outdated banking technology has made Australia a prime target for international ATM skimming gangs, according to police. Tens of millions of dollars are lost in Australia each year as a result of card skimming. The problem is that Australia is still using magnetic strips, rather than the ‘chip and PIN’ technology in other countries, and…
Category: Non-U.S.
Nl: Confidential criminal case files stolen from judge on train
A judge of the Dutch Supreme Court reported that confidential records on two criminal cases were stolen while he was on a train earlier this week. If I understand the translation correctly, he had placed the files in the luggage rack. Here’s a link to the story in Dutch: http://www.elsevier.mobi/pl/svt/si/elsevier/po/opnl/dk/elsevier.09-23-2010.0472p0000/sc/els_nieuws/ms/8vfRNArLu4/r/1285267694/pa/159497/uid/
AU: Security breached as former prostitute pilfers Einfeld police transcript
Oh those pesky contractors. Here’s a case making some waves in Australia because it involves a scandal and failure to run background checks. Natasha Wallace reports: It took a former prostitute just a few days to pilfer sensitive computer files and find what she wanted: the nine-page police interview of the disgraced former judge Marcus Einfeld….
23% of university students have hacked into an IT system
A good education is so important. Carrie Ann-Skinner reports: Nearly a quarter (23 percent) of university students have successfully hacked into IT systems, says Tufin Technologies. Research by the security firm revealed that of those that successfully hacked into a system, 40 percent were over 18. While 84 percent of students surveyed said they knew…
(follow-up) UK: St Albans laptop theft warning
Alex Lewis reports: Security measures to protect people whose personal details were on a laptop stolen from the district council offices are soon to lapse, an opposition councillor has warned. After a laptop containing names and addresses of thousands of St Albans postal voters went missing in October last year, the council registered the details…
Suspended Bangalore techie allegedly stole company data (updated)
NOTE: An entry that was posted in May and updated later that month was removed on July 2, 2011 after I was notified that the post contained material that had been removed by the original source of the entry, NDTV. Since NDTV has withdrawn all of their content and their update, I have decided to…