In the justice system: Three Romanians have been arrested in Malta in connection with police investigations of credit card fraud amounting to thousands of euro. Some 60 credit cards, a false passport, computers and equipment used to produce false credit cards were seized from a house in Msida. More. Four men from Florida were indicted…
Category: Non-U.S.
AU: Bank confirms credit card fraud from Bottle Domains hack
On February 10, the Australian Domain Name Administrator (AuDA) reported that it had been notified by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) of a security incident involving domain registrar Bottle Domains. Another report at the time can be found here. Now eCommerce Report is reporting that one bank has confirmed fraud on some of the credit-cards…
UK: Hospital sent private patient notes to electrician
Nick Hyde of The Blackpool Gazette reports that Blackpool Victoria Hospital has launched an investigation after sensitive and confidential details of dozens of patients were sent to the home of a Blackpool businessman. This is apparently not the first time this happened, either. The referral forms sent to him last week relate to patients…
Ca: Tenants’ private data available on Internet
John Goddard of The Toronto Star reports that private information about 1,393 tenants — including names, addresses, phone numbers, social insurance numbers, mental health issues, children’s names, ages, where the children go to school, and landlord disputes — could be accessed online in a database maintained by Landlord’s Source Centre. A tenant discovered the problem…
Inquiry into how PrimeShares World Markets acquired personal info of Opes Prime clients
Mark Hawthorne of The Sydney Morning Herald reports that the Australian Securities and Investments Commission is investigating how the private account details of Opes Prime clients were acquired by New York- based PrimeShares World Markets. Read more.
Spotify breach creates password hack risk
John Leyden reports: Popular online music service Spotify has warned of a security breach that may have exposed user passwords and other sensitive data. A notice – posted on Wednesday – explains that a bug in Spotify’s protocols that was recognised and resolved in December was more serious than first suspected. Last week Spotify learned…