Ryan Wilkinson reports: A leading offshore law firm with clients including the super-rich and international corporations has revealed it suffered a “data security incident” that may result in customers’ private information being leaked. Bermuda-based Appleby, which has offices in a number of British overseas territories, said some of its data had been “compromised” in the…
Category: Non-U.S.
Whois Maintainer Accidentally Makes Password Hashes Available For Download
Tom Spring reports: The regional internet registrar that administers IP addresses for the Asia Pacific region accidentally leaked Whois database data, including hashed passwords, forcing it to reset all passwords for objects in its Whois database. According to Asia Pacific Network Information Center (APNIC), the organization that maintains domains for the region, it experienced a…
Confidential child protection documents found ‘blowing around’ in a Leicester street
Dan Martin reports: The Probation Service is investigating after confidential child protection documents were found blowing around in a Leicester Street. The paperwork, relating to the cases of 20 children, babies and unborn youngsters, was handed into the Mercury by former Liberal Democrat city councillor John Fitch. Mr Fitch said he found the letters on…
UK: NHS workers warned about consequences of snooping into patients’ medical records
NHS employees who are tempted to look at patient records without a valid legal reason should consider the potential implications for both themselves and the health service. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) issued the warning after an NHS administrator was fined for repeatedly accessing a patient’s medical records without a valid legal reason. Nicola Wren…
Computer hacking victims to receive up to £6,000 compensation for ‘distress’ caused by cyber crime, under new plans
Not the most technical/legal explanation of the new EU regs, but this Daily Mail piece by Ben Ellery does convey some of what is concerning businesses: Computer hacking victims will be able to claim thousands of pounds in compensation under new laws – even if they do not lose any money. The ‘distress’ they suffer…
PH: Privacy watchdog ‘monitoring 24/7’ COL Financial’s data hack probe
Five days to issue a comprehensive report? Imagine if that happened here…. Daxim L. Lucas reports: The government’s privacy watchdog said on Sunday that it was closely monitoring the “possible personal data breach” on the country’s largest online stock brokerage firm, which has almost a quarter of a million clients trading shares its internet-based trading…