Waqas reports that Anonymous Italy – LulzSec ITA has hacked into the websites of Italian job portals and employment agencies leaking personal data of hundreds and thousands of employees and business owners for operation OpNessunDorma to protest against the new labour laws in the country. Hackread, who claims they verified that the data were a new leak, report: The data includes full names, emails,…
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UK: Former New Addington police sergeant and ex-council officer charged with misusing police records
Tom Matthews reports: A former police sergeant and an ex-Croydon Council officer have been charged with breaching data protection laws after allegations they misused police computer systems to obtain private information. Paul Potter and Alan O’Brien were due to answer the charges at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, but though the case against them was adjourned…
Cyber Justice Team Makes A Statement With Massive Data Leak
I knew if I was patient, Lee J. would analyze the data from this data dump and organize it. Today, RBS reported: On April 6th, a twitter account using the name Cyber Justice Team posted a tweet suggesting a major hack of a Syrian governmental server had taken place and 10GB of data had been leaked as…
Turkey: Leaked personal data not from election board
From the one-down-how-many-others-to-go? dept: The head of Turkey’s election authority on Friday said a recent massive online leak of personal data did not come from its system. “The information we obtained at the end of research we did at websites [with the leaked data] is compatible with databases we have given to political parties,” Supreme…
CN: Info of 200,000 babies leaked, causes panic among parents
Li Ruohan reports: Personal information of over 200,000 children in Jinan, East China’s Shandong Province, including the cellphone number and home address of their parents have been leaked, triggering widespread concerns on the possible consequences if criminals get hold of the data. The data was offered for 32,000 yuan ($4,900) from hospitals where the children…
UK: Former LV= employee tried to pay ex-colleague for crash claims information
A former LV= employee offered an ex-colleague £3,000 a month to send him the details of customers involved in road accidents. David Lewis, of Durlston Road in Swanage, used messaging service Whatsapp to contact Jacqueline Carter after he left the Poole-based business in 2014. However, Ms Carter warned Lewis that she wasn’t a “******* idiot” after he asked…