| Sunday, October 12th, 2008 |
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Kr: Is Auction Facing Another Class Action Litigation? http://www.pogowasright.org/article.php?story=20081012081754274 Is e-Bay's trouble with Auction, its Korean subsidiary, limited to an upcoming class action suit by lawyers representing over some 10 million people whose private information was allegedly leaked in February? The Korea Consumer Agency, the state-affiliated watchdog, said it has received 185 complaints from users of Auction, the American giant's Korean subsidiary, in the first half of this year, with 98 cases related to alleged leaks of personal information. Source - The Korea Times Reddit It | Digg This | Add to del.icio.us |
| Saturday, October 11th, 2008 |
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Fraud Ring Funnels Data From Cards to Pakistan http://www.pogowasright.org/article.php?story=20081011172042886 European law-enforcement officials uncovered a highly sophisticated credit-card fraud ring that funnels account data to Pakistan from hundreds of grocery-store card machines across Europe, according to U.S. intelligence officials and other people familiar with the case. Specialists say the theft technology is the most advanced they have seen, and a person close to British law enforcement said it has affected big retailers including a British unit of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Tesco Ltd. Source - Wall Street Journal hat-tip, SlashdotReddit It | Digg This | Add to del.icio.us |
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De: New Privacy Scandal Comes Calling at Telekom http://www.pogowasright.org/article.php?story=20081011123208101 From the ohmigod-what-next dept.:One day after assuring customers it was implementing new privacy protection measures, Deutsche Telekom was struck by another security lapse. The company said it patched the holes allowing outside access to customer data. The German telecommunications giant admitted on Saturday, Oct. 11, that it was aware of holes in its security system that provided access to bank account numbers and other personal information of some 30 million Telekom mobile phone users. The company had no indication of a possible theft of the information. Source - DW-World.de Reddit It | Digg This | Add to del.icio.us |
| Friday, October 10th, 2008 |
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World Bank Under Cyber Siege in 'Unprecedented Crisis' http://www.pogowasright.org/article.php?story=2008101012250259 The World Bank Group's computer network — one of the largest repositories of sensitive data about the economies of every nation — has been raided repeatedly by outsiders for more than a year, FOX News has learned. It is still not known how much information was stolen. But sources inside the bank confirm that servers in the institution's highly-restricted treasury unit were deeply penetrated with spy software last April. Invaders also had full access to the rest of the bank's network for nearly a month in June and July. In total, at least six major intrusions — two of them using the same group of IP addresses originating from China — have been detected at the World Bank since the summer of 2007, with the most recent breach occurring just last month. Source - FOXNews Reddit It | Digg This | Add to del.icio.us |
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Lindsay Lohan's Lawyers Battle For Her Privacy In California Courtroom http://www.pogowasright.org/article.php?story=20081010135011830 Lindsay Lohan's attorneys filed a motion on her behalf this week, seeking a judge's order barring any filming or taping whatsoever of the bisexual actress' upcoming deposition in a lawsuit filed by lover Samantha Ronson. Lohan's attorneys have asked the court that transcripts or any other accounts of the deposition be sealed from being introduced into public records. The motion states that Lohan feats (sic) videotaping the deposition will "unduly embarrass, oppress and burden her because of the private subject matter of the expected testimony and the virtual certainty that, unless access is significantly limited, the transcript and videotape of the deposition will be illegally exploited by the media." Source - The Post Chronicle Reddit It | Digg This | Add to del.icio.us |
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Anonymizing Google’s Server Log Data — How’s It Going? http://www.pogowasright.org/article.php?story=20081010134726722 Back in March 2007, Google promised to begin anonymizing log data to better protect user privacy. That kicked off a wave of privacy pledges from competing search engines. In addition, by agreeing to limit itself, it inadvertently got the European Union to demand even faster data destruction. Below, a look at Google’s progress toward its initial 18 month anonymization plan, the 9 months it recently agreed to and that question about cookies — are they really deleted or not? Source - Search Engine Land Reddit It | Digg This | Add to del.icio.us |
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UK: Orwellian U.K. Angers People With Tree Cameras, Snooping Kids http://www.pogowasright.org/article.php?story=20081010135848321 Hidden in foliage next to a path in the southeast England seaside town of Hastings are digital cameras. Their target: litterbugs and dog walkers. The electronic eyes feed images to a monitoring unit, where they're scanned and stored as evidence to prosecute people who discard garbage or fail to clean up after pets, a spokeswoman for the town council said. ``It's becoming a bit Big Brother-like,'' said Sandra Roberts, 50, a Hastings kiosk manager, invoking George Orwell's 1949 book ``Nineteen Eighty-Four,'' about a Britain where authorities pry into all aspects of citizens' lives. Source - Bloomberg Reddit It | Digg This | Add to del.icio.us |
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Ex-Verizon worker pleads not guilty to $10,000 ID theft http://www.pogowasright.org/article.php?story=20081010071420280 A former Verizon Wireless worker who police said stole his customers' identities pleaded not guilty today during his arraignment, according to court records. George Cardenas, 25, of Compton is accused of using credit card information from customers at a Huntington Beach Verizon Wireless store in the 16100 block of Beach Blvd., Huntington Beach police Sgt. Greg Davis said in a statement. ... Detectives first heard that there might have been fraud from Schools First bank. At least 14 clients from the bank told police their credit card and identity information had been compromised since May, Davis reported. Source - OC Register Reddit It | Digg This | Add to del.icio.us |
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UK: MoD loses hard drive with troop and family details http://www.pogowasright.org/article.php?story=20081010080639147 The Ministry of Defence has begun an investigation into its worst information security breach after a portable hard drive with details of about 100,000 servicemen and women and 800,000 applicants to join the Armed Services was found to be missing on Wednesday. Sensitive details of the family members of personnel were also among the data stored, including bank details and passport numbers. The portable hard drive — which is believed not to have been encrypted — was used by EDS, the MoD’s main IT contractor, to test computer equipment. It could have en missing for several days. Source - TimesOnline Related - The Register: MoD loses most of the armed forcesReddit It | Digg This | Add to del.icio.us |
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US couple fined $236 million for spamming http://www.pogowasright.org/article.php?story=20081010074935476 A US couple who sent vast quantities of spam via a small ISP for around four months in 2003 have been fined a whacking $236 million. According to the IDG newswire, Perez and Suzanne Bartok used a bulk emailing package to send millions of spammed messages to CIS Internet Services in Iowa. The small ISP said it had to dedicate three servers to blocking the couple's spam, which amounted to an astonishing 500 million emails every day for around four months in 2003. Source - ITProPortal.com Reddit It | Digg This | Add to del.icio.us |
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Computer with IDs taken from Maywood http://www.pogowasright.org/article.php?story=20081010080344917 A computer that was used to issue photo IDs was stolen from MHCC’s Maywood Park Campus Sept. 8. The data stored on the computer contained information from 1995 through 2005 including the names, birthdates and MHCC identification numbers of former students. According to the Oregon Identity Theft Protection Act of 2007, the information that was stored on the computer does not constitute personal information. ... The press release said MHCC took out ads in the Oregonian and the Gresham Outlook to inform affected individuals about the situation. Source - The Advocate Reddit It | Digg This | Add to del.icio.us |
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Railways scheme member data stolen (Deloitte follow-up) http://www.pogowasright.org/article.php?story=20081010072941392 A laptop containing Railways Pension Scheme confidential member data has been stolen from external auditors Deloitte. Administrators Rpmi was informed of the data loss following the theft in September. Deloitte was the firm’s external auditor until two months ago. Deloitte has confirmed the laptop contained some personal information regarding some of the members of the Railways Pension Scheme, the Network Rail Defined Contribution Scheme, the British Transport Police Force Superannuation Fund, British Railways Superannuation Fund and the BR (1974) Fund. Source - Professional Pensions Reddit It | Digg This | Add to del.icio.us |
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Greenville County Schools Reports Internal Computer Breach http://www.pogowasright.org/article.php?story=20081010080030393 Press release from Greenville County Schools: A student at Riverside High School reported on September 26 to Greenville County Schools (GCS) Education Technology Services Department (ETS) that while using a GCS networked computer he bypassed district security controls to gain unauthorized access to a GCS file server. That server contained confidential student information, including students’ names, addresses, Medicaid ID numbers, and social security numbers. There is no evidence to indicate that any data was transmitted to any other person or used in any manner. Although we have no indication that any misuse has occurred, as a precaution we are informing our students and parents of this situation. The student provided ETS personnel the portable storage device to which he had downloaded the information and a written statement that he had neither shared nor reproduced that information. ETS personnel immediately initiated established Incident Response Procedures including investigation of the incident by ETS Information Security Personnel and referral to the Greenville County Sheriff’s Department Investigations Division. Law enforcement and the school district are conducting separate on-going investigations. The results of the district investigation will determine any school disciplinary action. While we have no indication that any misuse has occurred, this incident serves as a reminder that data of a confidential, personal nature is stored in computer systems throughout the world and these systems are constantly subjected to attempts at unauthorized entry. In response to this problem the Federal Trade Commission provides specific steps that all individuals should take to detect and prevent improper use of their personal information. As a service to our students and families, the school district has provided a link to these steps that may be accessed in the Parent Section of the school district website at http://www.greenville.k12.sc.us. We recommend that all families use this as an opportunity to review and implement these precautions. Source - WSPA.com Reddit It | Digg This | Add to del.icio.us |
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FL: Police arrest identity theft suspect http://www.pogowasright.org/article.php?story=20081010074036949 Police say a seasoned identity thief finally got caught because she tried to run her crime in this small community. Stuart Police arrested Jermica Sykes and her boyfriend, Chad Knight, on charges of identity theft. ... "It was a pretty sophisticated operation," says Detective Sergeant Bill Pecci. "Jermica was able to access different accounts over the internet and working with multiple people around the state was able to obtain date of birth, social security numbers, account information for people everywhere and ultimately get credit cards sent to an address where they could receive them, and she also made new checks, checkbooks under these people's name." .... Police say there could be 4,500 victims. Source - WPTV.com Reddit It | Digg This | Add to del.icio.us |