Shona Ghash reports: Microsoft has admitted that the hacking group known as the Syrian Electronic Army managed to steal confidential files when it broke into employees’ emails. The company said earlier this month thatthe group had managed to break into employees’ email accounts through a successful phishing attack. That was part of a wider hack which…
Category: Breaches
Outed by Google: Trans community raises privacy concerns
The Stream Team writes: Google’s latest operating system for Android, called the KitKat, has faced criticism from transgender users who say it fails to protect their privacy. A key feature of the software is Google+ integration with contacts, SMS messages and texts. Attention was drawn to the potential problems this update poses for trans users when a…
Google Calendar Privacy Flaw Discovered
Adnan Farooqui writes: Terence Eden is a developer who has discovered a privacy flaw in Google Calendar. He found that Calendar will automatically invite anyone whose email is entered in the title of an entry, even if the user makes that entry in their private calendar and does not plan on inviting anyone else. Invitations…
UK: Private investigators sentenced for unlawfully obtaining personal data
From the Information Commissioner’s Office: Six men who were part of a company that tricked organisations into revealing personal details about customers has today been sentenced for conspiring to breach the Data Protection Act. Adrian Stanton, 40, ran ICU Investigations Limited in Feltham, Middlesex with Barry Spencer, 41. The pair were convicted at an earlier…