Dawn.com reports: As many as 75 per cent of Android devices and millions of users could have been affected by a glitch had it not been for Pakistani security researcher Rafay Baloch. According to media reports, Baloch helped Google identify the threat — dubbed a “privacy disaster” — in its Android Open Source Platform (AOSP)…
Category: Breaches
Privacy breach riles New Zealand house-hunters
Susan Strongman reports: House-hunters attending open homes have had their personal details passed on to marketing companies without their permission, sparking a warning from the Privacy Commissioner. In one case, an Auckland woman was called by a financial services company after viewing a house being sold by LJ Hooker in Blockhouse Bay last weekend. “She…
SD: Ex-fire division chief charged with hacking documents
John Hult reports: A former Sioux Falls Fire Rescue division chief is facing felony computer hacking charges for accessing internal fire department documents, including emails involving the president of the local firefighters union. Patrick Eugene Warren, 47, is charged with 10 felony and five misdemeanor counts of unlawful use of a computer for offenses between…
Schumer: 81,000 in Rochester-Finger Lakes region victim of identity theft
Julie Sherwood reports: Some 81,000 residents in the Rochester/Finger Lakes region were victims of identity theft in 2012, according to the most recent federal data. On Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer released data regarding identity theft in announcing his push for a new Social Security Identity Theft Bill of Rights. The bill would give seniors…