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BBC confirms ‘data protection breach’

Posted on April 2, 2014 by Dissent

BBC reports: The BBC has said it is “urgently investigating” a breach of data protection by a former TV researcher. The researcher, employed by an independent production company, spent four days working on Monday’s Panorama. The show found that Lutfur Rahman, Tower Hamlets’ mayor, had increased funding to some Bengali-run charities. Opponents accused him of…

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Claims that Trustwave was responsible for monitoring Target’s network “baseless” – Trustwave

Posted on March 30, 2014 by Dissent

Yesterday, Trustwave issued a statement on its website about allegations made in lawsuits against Target naming it as a co-defendant. The letter, signed by Trustwave CEO Robert J. McCullen reads: March 29, 2014 Dear Customers and Business Partners, As some of you may know, Trustwave was recently named as a defendant in lawsuits relating to the…

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Wolf & Company reports drive with personal information lost in the mail

Posted on March 27, 2014 by Dissent

Oh dear. Not realizing that a USB drive contained any personal information, an employee of Boston-based Wolf & Company mailed the drive back to their bookkeeper on March 11. Unfortunately, the envelope was damaged in mailing and the drive, which contained names and Social Security numbers in a QuikBook file, never arrived. No foul play is…

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Chicago’s Trustwave sued over Target data breach

Posted on March 25, 2014 by Dissent

Ooh.  Trustwave has been sued for their role in the Target breach. The plaintiffs in the potential class action lawsuit are Green Bank and Trustmark Bank John Pletz reports: Although the most serious allegations are leveled at Target, the suit alleges that Trustwave failed to identify deficiencies in the retailer’s IT systems. Trustwave’s software audits companies’ IT systems…

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Law firm notifies employees after vendor’s server accessed

Posted on March 21, 2014 by Dissent

So here’s another case where a vendor’s database was accessed by someone who was able to acquire a client’s login credentials: The international law firm of McKenna Long & Aldridge notified the Maryland Attorney General’s Office on February 26 that 441 current and former employees’ W-2  information and other information were involved:  As a result…

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ZA: SANRAL resets passwords but doesn’t confirm any breach

Posted on March 20, 2014 by Dissent

After a hacker revealed a vulnerability in the SANRAL website that exposed customer information in January, SANRAL denied it was hacked. Today, they’ve notified registered e-toll users of a password reset, but claim that they still have no evidence of a hack.  According to BusinessTech: ETC, the company running the system, told BusinessTech that its…

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