The Department of Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has been accused of a “cover up” after two back-up tapes went missing containing the banking details of around 100,000 farmers. The tapes are said to have gone missing this spring, with Defra officials having been informed in July. The tapes were lost by contractor IBM,…
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UK: Home Office – sensitive document blunders
5.4m of us apply for a passport every year and we relay on the Passport Office Service, a part of the Home Office to issue them. They say their mission is safeguarding your identity but Watchdog has received complaints from viewers who say that the Passport Office Service have made basic errors meaning that their…
Bord Gáis data security expert had laptop stolen – report
Elaine Edwards provides an update on a breach previously covered here and here: A staff member at Bord Gáis who downloaded personal data on more than 93,000 customers to a laptop that was subsequently stolen had specific responsibility for ensuring the protection of data, a report has found. A report on the investigation by the…
JP: Data leaked on mixi game users
A system bug in a popular farming game on the mixi social networking site led to personal details of as many as 4,200 users being leaked online, it has been learned. Phone numbers and e-mail addresses of users who made credit card purchases of special items in the Sunshine Bokujo (Sunshine stock farm) game were…
EU: Telcos’ data breach notification amendment is passed
From Out-Law.com: The European Council has approved a data breach notification rule for Europe’s telecoms firms. The amendment to an EU Directive will force telcos to tell customers if they lose their data. The European Parliament and Commission have already approved the amendments, which will become law after it has been published in the EU’s…
RCMP uncover ID fraud operation
From Black Press: RCMP investigators believe they have busted a major identity fraud operation based in Cache Creek with ties to Kamloops. On Oct. 23 Kamloops RCMP property-crime unit assisted Ashcroft RCMP with a search warrant for a Cache Creek residence that culminated in the arrest of a 22 year old Cache Creek man. “An…