Barton Gellman reports: The National Security Agency has broken privacy rules or overstepped its legal authority thousands of times each year since Congress granted the agency broad new powers in 2008, according to an internal audit and other top-secret documents. Most of the infractions involve unauthorized surveillance of Americans or foreign intelligence targets in the United States,…
Category: Breaches
UK: Probation officer prosecuted for leaking victim’s details to alleged culprit
A probation officer who revealed a domestic abuse victim’s new address to the alleged perpetrator has been fined £150 following a prosecution bought by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). Victoria Idowu claimed that she provided the victim’s full name, new address and date of birth, along with the details of the investigating officer, as she…
HK: An app for privacy law breach
Kelly Ip reports: A smartphone application providing background checks for users has been seriously breaching the personal privacy law, but the company has not stopped disclosing the data through its website. Allan Chiang Yam-wang, privacy commissioner for personal data, said Glorious Destiny Investment stopped the service seven days after being warned on July 31. But…
How A Creep Hacked A Baby Monitor To Say Lewd Things To A 2-Year-Old
Kashmir Hill writes: Before I hacked a stranger’s smart home, I asked for permission. An anonymous creep who hacked a Texas family’s baby monitor was not as polite. ABC News reports that a Houston couple heard an unfamiliar voice talking to their sleeping 2-year-old daughter on Saturday night and realized that a stranger had taken control of their…