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UK: Laptop with personal data of 24,000 people is stolen

Posted on June 29, 2010 by Dissent

More than 24,000 people in Hull and Leicester have had information about them stolen, it has been revealed. Training company A4e said the data was held on a personal computer of an employee which was stolen in “an opportunistic domestic burglary”. A4e said the laptop, that was taken on 19 June in London, did not…

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Ca: Confidential cemetery papers found dumped

Posted on June 29, 2010 by Dissent

Jenni Dunning reports: Residents are fuming after a cardboard box overflowing with personal information, including credit card numbers, was found outside a Hamilton cemetery yesterday. The discarded box [found “near a railway next to piles of broken tree branches and stinky garbage at the back of Hamilton Municipal Cemeteries’ headquarters on York Boulevard”], about the…

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UK: Secret report on ContactPoint database found ‘significant risks’ to security

Posted on June 29, 2010 by Dissent

Martin Beckford and Heidi Blake report: A secret report on Labour’s controversial child protection database found “significant risks” to security. The official study, which ministers refused to publish for more than two years, disclosed that “residual” dangers remained in ContactPoint despite efforts to make the system safe. It pointed out that security standards differed at…

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UK: Beeb boobs by losing stars’ details

Posted on June 29, 2010 by Dissent

When Bruce Forsyth shouted ‘nice to see you, to see you nice’ from the glass staircase of a celebrity-laden boat anchored on the Thames, many viewers felt this was the low point in the BBC’s lavishly funded General Election night coverage. The Strictly Come Dancing host was one of more than 100 guests, including thespians…

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Spain uses stolen HSBC data for tax probe

Posted on June 25, 2010 by Dissent

Spain has become the latest country to tap data stolen from HSBC’s Swiss private banking arm by an IT employee to hunt down tax evaders…. according to local media reports, details on around 3000 accounts, which could hold around EUR6 billion, have been given to Spanish authorities. More on Finextra.

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Scotland Yard cuffs teens for role in cybercrime forum

Posted on June 24, 2010 by Dissent

Chris Williams reports: Two teenagers have been arrested for their alleged involvement in the world’s largest English-language cybercrime forum. The pair were detained by appointment in central London on Wednesday by the Police Central e-Crime Unit (PCeU), a national unit based at Scotland Yard. An eight-month investigation into the forum, which hasn’t been named, found…

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