Derby City Council has come under fire for breaching privacy laws by sending out a note containing the e-mail addresses of 50 council tax-payers. The error came to light when Julian Boardman, a web manager, received a electronic notice on Thursday morning informing him that his council tax payment was due. Later that day, a…
Category: Non-U.S.
UK: Cards compromised in petrol station fraud
More than 40 debit and credit cards have been compromised at a service station in Northamptonshire. About 45 people have had their bank cards compromised after using them to buy goods and services at the Shell Service Station on the A5 at Paulerspury near Towcester. Shortly after the cards were used at the station, they…
Ca: Five more arrested in debit card ring
Alex Cooper reports: Durham Region police arrested five more men yesterday in connection with a debit card skimming ring that has been operating in the Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal areas, police said today. […] At the bail hearing Dec. 3, five more suspects — who attended court to support the seven accused — were also…
HK: Gov’t staffer might have left confidential data on bus
Hong Kong’s Food and Environmental Hygiene Department is following up on a possible case of confidential data leakage recently, according to a local media report. A person reported to the department that a USB thumb drive that stores internal guidance for the Hawker Control Teams of the department and personal information of some hawkers was…
IN: Student arrested in Chandigarh for online fraud
A 20-year-old student has been arrested on the charge of using credit cards of other people for online shopping, a police officer said here Friday. The student of hotel management, Sahil Sharma, is the son of a senior Haryana government official. His mother is a leading architect here. Sahil was arrested late Thursday evening after…
TX: HPD investigating massive credit card scam
Matthew Jackson reports: Huntsville Police began a massive investigation into an international fraud ring on Friday after arresting a Houston woman with more than 100 credit card numbers in her possession Thursday afternoon. [..] In the vehicle, officers found more evidence of fraud. “In her vehicle we found several typed pages of credit card numbers…