A report by AFP provides another reminder of how costly insider breaches can be: French police have busted a network of mobile phone hackers, a fraud worth millions of euros, and arrested nine people, including employees of cellular phone companies, investigators said Sunday. Three people were still in custody Sunday following the arrests across the…
Category: Of Note
When tables turn: ACS:Law now on defense?
MarkJ writes: Controversial solicitors firm ACS:Law UK (Andrew Crossley), which last week had all of its dirty email communication laundry leaked across the internet (here), is now facing more problems after Privacy International (PI) announced that it would take legal action against the firms breach of sensitive personal details. The emails were reportedly revealed on the evening of…
Three plead guilty to using Franklin County Court website as part of ID theft conspiracy
In a case that became a cautionary tale for court websites and the need to redact personally identifiable information that could be used for ID theft, three Columbus residents have pleaded guilty to conspiring to steal credit accounts belonging to people whose identities they stole from a government website in 2006. Katura Mozelle, 23, pleaded…
Backup with sensitive HIV information stolen — from a car
Grace Jang of KTVA reports that the HIV status of thousands of Alaskans is likely in the hands of a thief: Anchorage Police, along with the Alaskan Aids Assistance Association known as the Four A’s, say the sensitive information was taken earlier this month, but because the investigation is still very active, a lot of information…
FTC Testifies on Data Security Legislation
The Federal Trade Commission today told a Senate Subcommittee that it supports proposed legislation that would require many companies to use reasonable data security policies and procedures and require those companies to notify consumers when there is a security breach. In testimony before the Committee on Science, Commerce, and Transportation Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product…
Victims of ChoicePoint Data Breach to Receive Redress Checks
An administrator working for the Federal Trade Commission is mailing checks to 14,023 consumers who were victims of ChoicePoint’s alleged failure to implement a comprehensive information security program to protect consumers’ personal information, as required by a previous court order. As a result, in the spring of 2008, an unauthorized person accessed its database and…