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UK: Teenagers accused of running cybercrime ring

Posted on August 6, 2010 by Dissent

Tom Espiner reports: Five people accused of involvement in a UK-based online crime forum have appeared in a London court. Prosecutor Matthew McCabe told City of Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Friday that 18-year-olds Nicholas Webber and Ryan Thomas had been involved in the management of a crime forum called GhostMarket.net. Webber is accused of administrating…

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UK: Council slated for sex data blunder

Posted on August 6, 2010 by Dissent

Vivienne Nicoll reports: Council chiefs have been severely censured for losing sensitive data about some of Glasgow’s worst sex offenders. And they were warned they faced unlimited fines unless immediate improvements were made to stop it happening again. The rap came after a computer stick containing personal details of registered sex offenders, victims and witnesses…

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Six arrested for compromising 10,000 online bank accounts

Posted on August 4, 2010 by Dissent

Six people have been arrested on suspicion of stealing credit cards, personal information and banking details as part of a suspected online banking fraud. On Tuesday 3 and Wednesday 4 August 2010, officers from the Metropolitan Police Service’s (MPS) Police Central e-Crime Unit (PCeU), assisted by the MPS Territorial Support Group and the Irish Garda…

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ID theft feared at Ont. government website

Posted on August 1, 2010 by Dissent

The Canadian Press reports: An NDP critic is blasting the Ontario government after it revealed there was a possible case of identity theft linked to its driver’s licence address change website. On Saturday the government issued a news release saying it had “temporarily disabled the online address change function and has launched an investigation.” Read…

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Ca: Tax collector may have used confidential files for business leads

Posted on July 30, 2010 by Dissent

Chad Skelton reports: A tax collector in B.C. used the Canada Revenue Agency’s computers to look up the private tax files of hundreds of high-income individuals, apparently in the hopes of hitting them up for a business she ran on the side, according to internal government documents. The CRA’s internal investigation report, obtained by the…

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UK: Tesco Bank fraud risk after data lost in post

Posted on July 30, 2010 by Dissent

Ed Monk reports: Tesco Bank has lost the personal details of dozens of customers, leaving them exposed to the risk of fraud, after staff sent unprotected personal data in the post. It is thought the customers affected were already in angry dispute with Tesco Bank over charges for controversial payment protection insurance on Tesco credit…

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