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UK: Teenage computer hacker who downloaded indecent images and stole bank details avoids jail time

Posted on February 2, 2016 by Dissent

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…

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TW: MJIB launches investigation into info leak case, finds alleged mole

Posted on January 29, 2016 by Dissent

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…

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U. British Columbia statement re: FOI privacy breach

Posted on January 29, 2016 by Dissent

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…

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Boy arrested over TalkTalk hacking settles case against Twitter

Posted on January 29, 2016 by Dissent

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…

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Ministry of Education failed to protect personal information involving missing portable hard drive

Posted on January 28, 2016 by Dissent

VICTORIA—In an investigation report released today, B.C. Information and Privacy Commissioner Elizabeth Denham found that the Ministry of Education failed to protect the personal information of 3.4 million B.C. and Yukon students stored on a portable hard drive. “This investigation is unique in that we are looking at events that happened more than four years ago. The passage of…

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Ca: RBC sends wrong RRSP info, including names and SINs, to ‘approximately 500’ customers

Posted on January 28, 2016 by Dissent

Pete Evans reports: The biggest bank in Canada says it accidentally mailed hundreds of incorrect RRSP receipts to the wrong customers, exposing the names, addresses and social insurance numbers of those clients in the process. Royal Bank of Canada says that as a result of what it called a “printing error” a number of its…

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