What’s the law in India about the press publishing documents that have been stolen if they haven’t been involved in the theft? I know we have First Amendment protection here (although it’s not absolute), but what’s Indian law on that? There’s a scandal involving Essar Group, with the media reporting revelations as a whistleblower leak….
Category: Non-U.S.
TalkTalk data breach leads to scam phone calls for customers
Graham Cluley writes: Hackers have stolen the personal details of thousands of TalKTalk customers, and – in some cases – used them to scam further information such as sensitive banking information. Yesterday, UK broadband and phone operator TalkTalk emailed customers to tell them that an investigation had uncovered that there had been a significant data…
Ca: Police charge former bank employee
CTV reports: Calgary Police have now charged a woman who used to work at a bank in the southwest with identity theft and fraud. Between June 2012 and November 2013, police say a woman working at a customer experience associate unlawfully requested personal information from several customers of the bank. […] Police say 20 customers…
UK: Havering Council has accidently leaked more than 2,000 email addresses
Ralph Blackburn reports: More than 2,000 residents’ email addresses have been accidently leaked by Havering Council. The email was advertising a recruitment event and was sent to a mailing list of 2,248 people from the homes and housing office on Tuesday. The council tried to recall the message, but instead it was sent out four…
UK: ICO fines Staysure after hacked card details used for fraud
There’s an update to a breach reported on this site in January 2014: An online holiday insurance company has been fined £175,000 by the ICO after IT security failings let hackers access customer records. More than 5,000 customers had their credit cards used by fraudsters after the attack on Staysure.co.uk. Attackers potentially had access to over 100,000…
AU: Police smash international identity-theft ring
Emma Partridge reports: Police have smashed an international identity-theft ring accused of making thousands of fake driver’s licences to fraudulently obtain loans and credit cards and board domestic flights. Three men and a woman were arrested in Sydney on Wednesday, eight months after officers detected a package from China containing 5000 NSW driver’s licence holograms….