How many times have I blogged about “Don’t Shoot the Messenger” — the inappropriate response of some entities when notified that they have a leak or data breach? Here’s a current example, as noted by Graham Cluley. It all started routinely enough: Platform engineer and open source enthusiast Rob Dyke says that he’s found himself…
Category: Non-U.S.
JP: Unauthorized access occurred in Urban Research; personal information of about 310,000 people leaked
Translation: Urban Research has announced that the official in the online store by the unauthorized access by a third party, personal information of 317,326 persons of all member there is a fear that has flowed out. The leaked information does not include credit card numbers, and no secondary damage such as unauthorized use has been…
UK: Solicitor caught dumping client files in the street
The SRA has fined a solicitor for dumping rubbish bags containing client information outside his office. Trevor Nicholas Senkatuka was the sole practitioner of the now-defunct firm, Windsor Croft Solicitors, in Essex. The local council fined him for fly-tipping on the pavement outside his office. Council workers took photographs of the bags which revealed that they contained private client information. “The public would…
Human rights lawyers ask Australia’s ‘hacking’ Bill be redrafted
Asha Barbaschow |reports: Human Rights Law Centre and the Law Council of Australia have asked that the federal government redraft the Surveillance Legislation Amendment (Identify and Disrupt) Bill 2020, calling its contents “particularly egregious” and “so broad”. The Bill, if passed, would hand the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC)…
German soccer club Stuttgart fined for data breach
AP reports: German soccer club Stuttgart has been fined 300,000 euros ($357,000) for misusing private data about its members, a regulator said Wednesday. Stuttgart had been accused of passing on data which was potentially useful for marketing to third parties without informing members. Read more on AP.
City company booked for data theft after complaint from US
Archana More reports: In what may be a first instance for the city, a local company and its director have been booked for data theft on a complaint filed by a foreign national. The Pune cyber police have registered an FIR against city-based Honey Software Company and its director, Sampurna Atmaramnani for copying and deleting…