Forensics experts at the Dublin office of consultancy Ernst & Young have found evidence that prominent companies in Ireland are allowing home-based employees to download sensitive company and client data to their personal computers. Second-hand computer hard drives containing sensitive information – including hundreds of customer bank, Laser and credit-card account details, car registration information,…
JPN Considers Crackdown on Data Protection
A number of control failures at Japanese financial services firms, which occurred even after warnings were issued by the country’s regulators, has prompted Japan’s finance minister to suggest tougher enforcement penalties be introduced. In a recent speech, finance minister Kaoru Yosano said financial regulators might have to introduce tougher penalties for financial institutions that fail…
Stolen Malaysian CC Found in AU Raids
An elaborate fraud syndicate allegedly masterminded by a Sydney man has been brought down, after millions of dollars were spent using more than 1,200 fake credit cards, the Australian Associated Press reported. Personal information was stolen from card holders in Australia, Malaysia, Spain, and Britain, then allegedly used by the syndicate to manufacture fake credit…
Don’t Call it “Hacking”
The UT student accused of accessing former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s e-mail was in court Tuesday, arguing for the charges against him to be dismissed. The judge will decide most of the issues discussed in court Tuesday at a later time. But both sides agreed to not use the word “hacking” at trial. Instead,…
Redford USD Mail Error Exposes SSNs
Employees in the Redford Union School District noticed a problem Tuesday with a mailing they received telling them about a new dental coverage plan. The envelopes that contained the information had the employees’ social security numbers listed on the address labels, where the zip codes should have been…. The district said the dental coverage carrier,…
NZ: Insurers risking breaking privacy law, says privacy commissioner
Amiri Halberg reports: A report by the privacy commissioner released today says that insurers, by asking full patient notes, have been risking breaking privacy law. Investigations held by Marie Shroff have discovered that insurers have been crossing limits in requesting full medical notes going back a number of years, when insuring people or paying out…