John Burke reports: The personal and financial details of almost 1,200 customers of green energy firm Airtricity were posted on the company’s website for six weeks, The Sunday Business Post has learned. The Data Protection Commissioner, Billy Hawkes, has launched an investigation into the incident, which occurred in late November but was only accidentally spotted…
Category: Non-U.S.
UK: 17,000 asylum seekers’ files lost
Rajeev Sayal reports: More than 17,000 files containing the personal details of refugees and their families have been lost by the government, plunging the asylum system into chaos. The names, dates of birth, passport numbers and addresses of people applying to stay in Britain as well as details of their children are believed to be…
JP: Hospital patient, staff info exposed on Internet
The personal information of 640 staff and inpatients of Bokuto Hospital in Sumida Ward, Tokyo, was exposed on the Internet via Winny file-sharing software a male clerical employee used on his home computer, the Tokyo metropolitan government said. The incident marked the first time the patient information of a metropolitan hospital was exposed on the…
UK: Hospital apology over laptop theft
The country’s leading children’s hospital has apologised after a laptop containing information on hundreds of young patients was stolen. The computer, which was taken from a “secure area” at Great Ormond Street Hospital, in London, contained information on 458 patients, including names and dates of birth. Read more – Press Association or BBC
Ca: Debit scam victims now in the ‘hundreds’
This incident keeps growing and growing….. Joe Belanger reports: Police now confirm there are “hundreds” of victims in a debit card scam in Stratford. Although police said every financial institution was hit, they’ve confirmed there were more than 350 victims at just two banks. “We’re just starting to extrapolate the data, but it’s obviously in…
KR: GS Caltex cleared in data theft case
Follow-up to an incident originally covered on PogoWasRight.org: Prosecutors have cleared energy provider GS Caltex, two of its information managers and affiliate GS Nextation of allegations that they failed in their duty to protect personal information of more than 11 million customers. Five employees of GS Nextation, an insurance affiliate of GS Caltex, were prosecuted…