James Illingworth reports: An investigation has been launched after a Wigan resident was sent confidential tax documents due to a civil service mix-up. Barron Roberts raised the alarm after receiving the bundle containing a dozen forms with personal information relating to borough households through the post this week. Read more on Wigan Today. The Department for…
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UK: Home Office didn’t notify ICO about dozens of breaches last year
Alexander J. Martin reports that the Home Office had 33 data breaches during the last financial year, but did not report any of them to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). The incidents were disclosed in the department’s annual report and accounts 2014-15 (PDF). There’s nothing illegal about the failure to notify the ICO, however. Martin reports: The number…
Adobe expected to issue Flash Player patch for Hacking Team 0-day
Adobe is expected to issue a patch for a vulnerability its Flash Player today to address a zero-day that was included in the Hacking Team data dump. In the meantime, @SwiftOnSecurity sounded the alarm last night with instructions how to protect yourself: TRANSLATION: Worst-case scenario is now in play – HT Flash 0day with NO patch is now…
Lizard Squad hacker convicted on 50,000 hacking charges
William Turton reports: A key Lizard Squad member had been convicted of 50,700 charges related to computer crimes, according to Finnish newspaper Kaleva. Julius “zeekill” Kivimaki, 17, was sentenced to a two-year suspended prison sentence and was “ordered to fight against cybercrime” according to Finnish media. The charges against Kivimaki include data breaches, felony payment fraud, telecommunication harassments, and…
Housing.com hacked, former CEO Rahul Yadav says he didn’t do it
Nandagopal Rajan reports: So, the first Monday after its founder Rahul Yadav was sacked by the board, the Housing.com website is on a see-saw ride that seems to have no end. The site was down for a while and then came back up only to go down again. Our suspicion is that this is going…
AU: Defense medical records sent to China in security breach
David Wroe reports: Eye test records and personal contact details of hundreds of military personnel including soldiers posted overseas were sent to China in a significant data security breach, Fairfax Media has learnt. The records, which included in many cases mobile phone numbers of personnel, were sent to a processing facility in China’s Guangdong province…