Sometimes by the time a case is resolved, I’ve forgotten what it was. I’m old, I forget. Thankfully, I can check the archives of this site to see if I had covered it before. Happily for me, I had covered this one, which involved TeleChoice somewhat stunningly leaving consumers’ personal information in a shipping container…
Category: Non-U.S.
Euro 2016 app leaking private user data
Sam Pudwell reports: I’ve been trying not to think about Euro 2016 after England’s whimpering exit on Monday night, but new research from mobile security and management firm Wandera has grabbed my attention. According to analysis of data traffic patterns from enterprise mobile devices, the official UEFA Euro 2016 Fan Guide App is leaking user’s personal information…
AU: Computer game hacker pleads guilty to nine charges in Brisbane District Court
There’s a follow-up to an arrest reported in 2014. Melanie Petrinec reports: Hacker Shane Duffy has been sentenced to 2.5 years in jail but will be released on parole today. The 23-year-old’s family sobbed in the public gallery as the sentence was handed down by Judge Tony Moynihan. Shane Stephen Duffy, 23, pleaded guilty to nine…
NL: Eindhoven cop fired for misusing police database, leaking info
Janene Pieters reports: A 46-year-old police officer from Eindhoven was officially dismissed for leaking confidential police information, ANP reports The man was arrested in October last year on suspicion of violating his official secrecy. The Public Prosecutor now decided that he will be prosecuted for that. The Prosecutor believes that he searched for information on…
Deutsche Telekom finds passwords for sale on dark web, but denies hack
Zack Whittaker reports: German telecommunications giant Deutsche Telekom has warned its customers that it found account passwords for sale on the dark web. In a German posting on its website, the company said that a sample of 90 records it received showed that “at least part” of the detail are “real and current.” The sample is part…
French police hit by security breach as data put online
BBC reports: The personal details of 112,000 French police officers have been uploaded to Google Drive in a security breach just a fortnight after two officers were murdered at their home by a jihadist. A mutual organisation which provides extra health and other insurance benefits for police says the details were uploaded by a disgruntled…