Russell Myers reports: Eight police staff have lost their jobs after illegally accessing the confidential records of dozens of people on the Police National Computer. Of the eight, one police officer and one community support officer (PCSO) are facing criminal charges after an investigation by Essex Police found them guilty of gross misconduct. Another PCSO…
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CA: Viruses stole City College of San Francisco data for over a decade before being detected
Nanette Asimov reports: Personal banking information and other data from perhaps tens of thousands of students, faculty and administrators at City College of San Francisco have been stolen in what is being called “an infestation” of computer viruses with origins in criminal networks in Russia, China and other countries, The Chronicle has learned. At work…
Cn: CSDN “hack” was an insider leak, and many other reported “hacks” were fabricated leaks – authorities
China Daily reports: Four people have been detained by police and eight others punished after they were found guilty of fabricating a massive leak of online personal data by hackers over the past month in China, the country’s Internet watchdog announced Tuesday. China’s leading anti-virus software provider, Beijing-based Qihoo 360, claimed in late December that…
The merchant strikes back: Cisero’s sues processor and bank over pass-along fines following alleged breach
There’s an interesting lawsuit to watch in Utah. The owner of Cisero’s in Park City is suing their payment processor and bank for deducting money from their account after card issuers fined them over an alleged breach of the restaurant’s system. The case stems from a March 2008 incident. According to Cisero’s, Visa had notified…
If it’s Friday, it’s time to reset almost 18 million passwords? (Corrected)
Care2 has notified users of a security breach. In its FAQ, the online community said that it discovered the breach on December 27, but as of December 28, “We are currently unable to determine the full extent of the security breach.” The site is forcing a password reset and urging members to change their passwords on…
Attacks on Chinese sites continue: Now it’s 40 million users of Tianya who get the bad news (updated)
Zheng Yi reports: The registration details of about 40 million users of tianya.cn, a big social networking site, were found to have been leaked on Sunday, following last Thursday’s discovery that user information had been leaked from several other websites. According to Web users, tianya.cn was hacked and some 40 million users’ names and passwords…