This is not a security breach per se but I’m treating it as a privacy breach because WoW is revealing users’ IDs and server IP addresses without their knowledge or consent. On Slashdot, kgkoutzis writes: “A few days ago I noticed some weird artifacts covering the screenshots I captured using the WoW game client application. I sharpened…
Category: Breaches
Ofcom rejects Assange nightclub privacy breach claim
PA Media Lawyer reports that Ofcom has not upheld a claim by Julian Assange that a television show that aired last year breached his privacy by showing footage of him dancing in a nightclub. Assange had claimed that he had only consented to be filmed on the dance floor by the documentarian “on the basis that…
Data retention laws risky, Canberra told
Andrew Colley reports: The government was warned early this year that proposed new data retention laws would put Australians at higher risk of privacy breaches. The controversial proposal, which could see internet companies store up to two years’ worth of data on subscribers and users, is part of a package of legislative changes to overhaul…
LeAnn Rimes Sues Women for Invasion of Privacy
Anthony Castellano reports: Country music star LeAnn Rimes has filed a lawsuit against two women she claims illegally taped a conversation with her and posted it online. Rimes filed an invasion of privacy lawsuit Thursday in Los Angeles County Superior Court, alleging that Kimberly Smiley and her daughter Lexi Smiley secretly recorded a telephone conversation “to spitefully…