Rochelle Olson reports: A U.S. District Court judge on Friday threw out three major cases involving hundreds of allegations of improper public-employee snooping into driver’s license data, saying no federal law was violated and driver information is not private. In three similar orders, Judge David Doty said information on drivers’ licenses such as eye color,…
Category: Breaches
New Zealand’s new Privacy Commissioner ‘disturbed’ by responses
3News reports that NZ’s new privacy commissioner, John Edwards, is concerned – and disturbed – by how people respond to privacy breaches involving others’ information, such as misaddressed mail that they receive. “No right minded member of the community would think when they stumbled across a wallet containing identifying details and $1000 that they had…
IOS Apps Pose Greater Risk Of Data Breach, Study Finds
Dan Nakaso reports: App developers are increasingly targeting the more lucrative iOS market, where more than 91 percent of the top 100 apps for Apple devices exposed users to security breaches and other data leaks, according to a study released Tuesday by San Francisco-based Appthority. By comparison, Appthority found that 83 percent of the top…
Over 500,000 Belkin WeMo Home Automation Devices Vulnerable to Hacker Attacks
Eduard Kovacs reports: Security researches from IOActive have identified a number of vulnerabilities in Belkin WeMo home automation devices that allow people to control their electronics from their mobile phones. More than half a million users are said to be impacted. According to experts, the vulnerabilities can be exploited not only to perform malicious firmware updates, but…