MoJ admits data breaches affecting 45,000: “ Long arm of the law has butter fingers The Ministry of Justice has reported eight data breach incidents affecting around 45,000 people.… “ (Via The Register – Public…
Home Office lost CDs on 3,000 workers: “ Details go missing in post The Home Office has lost the names, nationalities, passport numbers and dates of birth of 3,000 seasonal agricultural workers on two CDs…
Feds Charge 11 in Breaches at TJ Maxx, OfficeMax, DSW, Others: A Secret Service investigation wraps up every major retail network breach in the last five years. See further US charges 11 in biggest ID…
Police warn of online chat danger: “Police warn teenagers about the dangers of chatting to strangers online after a 15-year-old girl went missing.” (Via BBC News.)
Lawmakers Demand Info on Web Tracking Practices: “A congressional committee sent letters to more than 30 Internet companies demanding to know whether they track where their users go online and use that information to deliver…
Foreign Office reports five data losses to Info Commissioner: “ Our man in the corner The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has reported five significant data breaches to the Information Commissioner’s Office in the last financial…
Data blunders can breach human rights, rules ECHR: “The European Court of Human Rights has ordered the Finnish government to pay out €34,000 because it failed to protect a citizen’s personal data. One data protection…
Just unbelievable… Brown’s aide, Mata Hari and the BlackBerry: “ Gov caught sleeping on data security One of Gordon Brown’s senior advisers lost his BlackBerry on a recent trip to China after he was picked…
MoD: We lost 87 classified USB sticks since 2003: “ Over-use of secrecy leads to bullethole in foot The UK Ministry of Defence has told parliament that it has lost or had stolen some 87…
Online risk due to browser flaws: “Almost half of net users are at risk because their browsers have not been updated to the latest version, says a study.” (Via BBC News.)