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NZ: International gang suspected in massive carpark scam

Posted on November 27, 2009 by Dissent

Bernard Orsman has more on what appears to be a significant breach in New Zealand that may have affected over 100,000: A banking investigation has raised the possibility that stolen credit card details of tens of thousands of New Zealanders are in the hands of a Russian or Albanian gang. The theft of credit card…

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Spanish breach causes “largest bank-card security breach in Czech history”

Posted on November 26, 2009 by Dissent

Stephan Delbos reports: Clients of four major Czech banks could find their accounts blocked at their next visit to the ATM as a result of the largest bank-card security breach in Czech history. ČSOB, Raiffeisenbank, Česká spořitelna and Volksbank CZ have begun blocking thousands of bank cards for customers who made transactions in Spain in…

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UK: Officers who passed on data details are named

Posted on November 26, 2009 by Dissent

Robert Verkaik reports: Police officers found to have illegally disclosed information from confidential databases have been named in a dossier handed to ministers. The report, compiled by the information watchdog, shows how personal information from private and public bodies is being used to commit more serious crimes. In one case, a pensioner died after a…

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Victorian Auditor-General slams public sector privacy

Posted on November 26, 2009 by Dissent

Tim Lohman reports: The confidentiality of personal information collected and used by the public sector can be, and has been, easily compromised, a Victorian Auditor-General report has found. The Maintaining the Integrity and Confidentiality of Personal Information report, which examined information security in three Victorian government departments, found that the ability to penetrate databases, the…

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UK: Action taken after details of 110,000 individuals are stolen

Posted on November 26, 2009 by Dissent

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has found Verity Trustees Ltd to be in breach of the Data Protection Act after the Trustees reported the theft of a laptop computer containing the names, addresses, dates of birth, salaries and national insurance numbers of around 110,000 individuals. The laptop, which also contained the bank details of around…

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NZ: Skim versus hack: Council still in the dark

Posted on November 26, 2009 by Dissent

Rob O’Neill reports: Auckland City is referring all enquiries about how its carparking systems were compromised, leading to the reissue of thousands of credit cards, to Westpac, which is leading the investigation into the incident. Spokesman Glyn Jones says the council “hasn’t been told conclusively” whether skimming or hacking were used to breach customer security….

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