MoD man ‘faces Official Secrets trial’ for leaving files on train: “ Charge docs somewhere between CPS and Met police The Cabinet Office official who left secret intelligence documents on a train seems set to…
IPhone Takes Screenshots of Everything You Do Says Hacker: “In a webcast Thursday, iPhone hacker and data-forensics expert Jonathan Zdziarski explained that the iPhone stores a screenshot of everything you do — and that these…
Data loss firm contract axed: “The firm blamed for losing the details of thousands of criminals on a memory stick, has its £1.5m Home Office contract cancelled.” (Via BBC News.)
Home Office screws prison data bunglers: “ PA Consulting feels Jacqui’s wrath The Home Office has today terminated a £1.5m contract with PA Consulting after it lost the personal details of the entire UK prison…
Data on 5,000 prison staff lost: “A computer hard drive containing details of thousands of prison have been lost, the government has confirmed.” (Via BBC News.)
This is an article from: TorrentFreak Anti-Piracy Scam Emails Target BitTorrent Users: “ A new trend is surfacing, as spammers have sent out millions of emails targeting BitTorrent users. The emails that claim to come…
Consumer group asks EU for security breach law: “The National Consumer Council (NCC) has called on the European Commission to force companies who lose customer data to admit the error publicly. It believes a data…
Government data protection standards are protected data: “ We could tell you, but then we’d have to kill you As yet another laptop full of confidential data goes up for sale on Ebay – this…
Arrest made over personal data-filled laptop sold on eBay: “Police have made an arrest in connection with the eBay sale of another laptop computer containing personal data. The security lapse follows last week’s eBay sale…
Security industry’s biggest worry is data leakage, says survey: “The problem information security professionals are most worried about is preventing data loss by their organisations, a survey has found. It found that 69% of IT…