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Rogue tax workers snooped on ex-spouses, family members

Posted on June 21, 2010 by Dissent

Dean Beeby of the Canadian Press reports: OTTAWA—Dozens of workers at Canada’s tax agency have been caught snooping on their ex-spouses, mothers-in-law, creditors and others by reading confidential tax files. Internal reports at the Canada Revenue Agency show that rogue employees are improperly reviewing the private financial affairs of taxpayers without their knowledge. And some…

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Hong Kong: Hospital data stolen (updated)

Posted on June 19, 2010 by Dissent

RTHK reports: A computer hard disk containing the names, identity card numbers and other personal information of about 3,000 eye patients has been stolen from the Caritas Medical Centre in Sham Shui Po. The hospital said the disk was kept in a locked room pending destruction. It was discovered missing last week. A search was…

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UK: Confidential papers stolen from policeman’s car

Posted on June 18, 2010 by Dissent

Police have fallen foul of the Data Protection Act after confidential paperwork was stolen from the boot of an officer’s car. The force has now been forced to take remedial action after it emerged the officer did not have a safe at his house and did not store the documents in his secure briefcase. A…

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Hacker jailed over complex web scam

Posted on June 17, 2010 by Dissent

UKPA reports: A young computer hacker who carried out a sophisticated and lucrative online fraud operation to feed his gambling habit has been jailed. Alistair Peckover, 21, bought a Porsche, expensive watches and more than £30,000 worth of gold bullion using the proceeds from his complex scam. Detectives said he systematically defrauded legitimate online businesses…

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Police Arrest 178 in U.S.-Europe Raid on Credit Card ‘Cloning Labs’

Posted on June 16, 2010 by Dissent

Brian Krebs reports: Police have arrested 178 people in Europe and the United States suspected of cloning credit and debit cards in an international scam worth over 20 million euro ($24.52 million), according to a report from Reuters and authorities in Spain. Read more on KrebsOnSecurity

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UK: Poor data security in the NHS

Posted on June 15, 2010 by Dissent

From the press release: The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) remains highly concerned that data breaches involving people’s personal information are continuing to occur in NHS organisations. Today NHS Stoke-on-Trent and Basingstoke and North Hampshire NHS Foundation Trust are the latest NHS bodies found to have breached the Data Protection Act (DPA). Both NHS organisations’ chief…

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