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UK: Council data leak sparks fraud fears

Posted on September 4, 2010 by Dissent

An investigation has been launched after the personal details of almost 2,000 council workers were leaked in a major security breach. Sensitive data including bank account details, addresses and national insurance numbers of employees and councillors at East Devon District Council were sent to a private email address by a former manager. Councillors have described…

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UK: Confiscated blacklist leaked back into market

Posted on September 2, 2010 by Dissent

Sometimes leaks keep leaking…. The Information Commissioner’s Office is investigating the leak of confidential files naming blacklisted construction workers, writes Andrew Hankinson. The files, which contain details of the trade union activity of 3,213 construction workers, were taken out of circulation in March 2009 when the ICO seized them from the Consulting Association. The CA…

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NZ: Card security breached in Qtown

Posted on September 2, 2010 by Dissent

Grant Bryant reports: A spate of credit card scams has hit Queenstown. The biggest scam was centred at the Man St parking building, but it was not the only scam to breach cardholder security in the resort this week. People who had used their credit cards for payments were then later phoned by their card…

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AIB tells tribunal employee dismissed for accessing accounts

Posted on August 31, 2010 by Dissent

Genevieve Carbery reports: Unauthorised access to the bank accounts of 13 employees and three customers by a former Allied Irish Banks worker was “absolutely not” acceptable, a senior AIB manager said yesterday. Former AIB Capital Markets employee Brian Purcell (38), from Dublin, was dismissed in April 2009 after the bank discovered he had accessed the…

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Scottish ministers told to “get a grip” on data security

Posted on August 29, 2010 by Dissent

Ben Borland of the Express reports on previously undisclosed breaches involving PII and/or PHI, but I note that BBC provides slightly different coverage.  I’ve indicated the BBC’s statements in italics, below. More than 200 electronic items were stolen or lost in the first six months of the year, including PCs, laptops, phones and Blackberries. The…

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NZ: University warns students on hacking

Posted on August 28, 2010 by Dissent

Jared Savage reports: University students have been warned to watch out for anyone trying to steal their identity after a computer server holding personal information was hacked. An email sent this week by Stephen Whiteside, at the University of Auckland, said unauthorised parties had accessed a single server holding information such as name, date of…

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