Mamidipudi Soumithri reports: British mobile payments company Optimal Payments Plc said it was investigating allegations that personal data belonging to some of its customers had been compromised and was available in the public domain. Optimal shares fell 11 percent to 309.5 pence, their sharpest fall in a day this year and lowest since Sept….
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British Gas responds to data dump: not our data
Barry Cooper reports: More than two thousand British Gas customers have had their personal details posted online after a security breach. The energy firm has moved to reassure the 2,200 customers affected that despite email addresses and account passwords being placed online, their bank account information has not been put at risk. While no credit card information…
NZ: Court decision puts Hager back in frame
David Fisher reports: Dirty Politics author Nicky Hager may face criminal charges over accepting the hacked material used to write the bombshell book, according to documents obtained by the Herald. Police will not say whether the investigative journalist is again a suspect, instead of simply a witness, after a pivotal Supreme Court decision which ruled computer files…
Regin Spyware Found on Merkel Assistant’s Laptop
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Powerful spying malware infiltrated the personal laptop of the head of the German Federal Chancellery (GFC). The current GFC chief is Peter Altmaier, whose main role is to assist German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the affairs of the German state. The infection was discovered in December 2014, and after further investigation, German…
UK: Marks & Spencer Website Suspended After Customer Data Breach
Tom Jowitt reports: Marks & Spencer temporarily suspended its website on Tuesday night after “technical difficulties” that exposed customer information to other website users. But the British retailer insisted that its website was not hacked by outside third parties, and there is no security risk for affected customers. Read more on TechWeek Europe.
UK: Another ‘data disaster’ at Islington Council after third major breach in four years
James Morris reports: An investigation has been launched after yet another data leak by Islington Council. On Sunday, it emerged personal information about penalty charge notices was freely available on the council’s parking appeals website. Information included scanned cheques, medical information to justify appeals – and even one person’s prison record. It is the council’s…