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NL: “Bored” former Jumbo employee gets community service, fine, for hacking firm’s computers

Posted on August 17, 2015 by Dissent

Janene Van Jaarsveldt reports: A company inspector working at the Jumbo supermarket chain has to pay 30 thousand euros in compensation for hacking into nearly 100 corporate laptops. The court in Den Bosch made this ruling on Monday, Omroep Brabant reports. The 37 year old man from Helmond was also sentenced to 120 hours of…

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Hacker hits 24 sites to ‘alert’ govt

Posted on August 16, 2015 by Dissent

Arab News reports: A national hacked more than 24 government websites Saturday morning in just two hours after those in charge of these websites ignored messages of a possible attack, said an online newspaper. Through his Twitter account, the hacker “Cyber of Emotion” said that after the government websites ignored his messages about a possible…

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UK: Prison laptop scandal: How the computers were hacked

Posted on August 15, 2015 by Dissent

Paul Peachey reports: The welcome screen on the prison laptop was simple to navigate. Prison officials clicked on the dog icon, inmates clicked on the cat. Clicking on the dog – and entering the password – allowed access to a section with administrator privileges and access to the internet. The cat was a gateway to…

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Data breach penalties gain overwhelming support from Australian IT: survey

Posted on August 15, 2015 by Dissent

Chris Player reports: Australian IT professionals are overwhelmingly supportive of penalties for company data breaches according to a new survey from security firm, Websense. The survey of 100 Australian security professionals found that 98 per cent of respondents believed that the law should address serious data breaches that expose consumers’ data loss. Of those, 59…

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Anxiety UK signs undertaking after member data was exposed for 12 months

Posted on August 15, 2015 by Dissent

Anxiety UK has signed an undertaking with the Information Commissioner’s Office after personal data held within a password protected area of Anxiety UK’s website, was publically available for approximately 12 months via an internet search engine. The ICO was notified of the breach in February 2015 by Anxiety UK. Investigation revealed that the information had…

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Ca: Privacy breach class-action suit filed against Kiewit

Posted on August 14, 2015 by Dissent

There’s a follow-up to a breach previously noted on this site. The Telegram reports: St. John’s lawyer Bob Buckingham has filed a class-action lawsuit against Kiewit Energy for a privacy breach which happened earlier this year. According to the statement of claim and an accompanying news release, a laptop containing personal payroll information for Kiewit…

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