BreakingNews.ie reports: The National Treasury Management Agency has notified the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner of a potential data security breach. A spokesman for the NTMA says the incident occurred yesterday as State Claims Agency records were being removed from the NTMA premises for archiving by the NTMA’s off-site document storage provider. During the…
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South American Hacktivist Leaks Data from Colombian Government Websites
Catalin Cimpanu reports: The hacker known as Hanom1960 has breached, stole, and leaked information from Colombia’s Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications and Ministry of National Education. Hanom, who claims he’s part of the newer generation of LulsZec members, made its debut on the hacking scene last week, after hacking and dumping data from the Costa…
UK: Teenage computer hacker who downloaded indecent images and stole bank details avoids jail time
The Sussex Police report: A Crawley man has been sentenced for on-line ‘hacking’ based frauds, and for offences relating to indecent images of children. Aaron Coster, 18, unemployed, of Farnham Close, Broadfield, Crawley, was sentenced to a total of two years imprisonment suspended for two years when he appeared at Hove Crown Court on Friday…
TW: MJIB launches investigation into info leak case, finds alleged mole
The China Post reports: The Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau (MJIB) launched investigations into a subsidiary of P-Two Industries on Friday following accusations of confidential information being leaked to a mainland competitor. The now-ex senior manager, surnamed Chen, of the P-Two Industry subsidiary Dachang Industries located in mainland China, was taken in for questioning at the Shilin…
U. British Columbia statement re: FOI privacy breach
On January 25, 2016, UBC responded to numerous FOI requests related to the resignation of Dr. Arvind Gupta from his post as UBC’s President in August 2015. Due to the large number of requests, and the large number of responsive pages, UBC chose to consolidate these requests and posted a package of 861 responsive pages…
Boy arrested over TalkTalk hacking settles case against Twitter
Alan Erwin reports: A Co Antrim schoolboy arrested over the cyberattack on TalkTalk has settled his claim for damages against Twitter. The 15-year-old’s privacy action was resolved on confidential terms, with no admission of liability by the social networking service. Meanwhile, his lawyers are seeking permission from the High Court in Belfast to serve proceedings on Google at its headquarters in…