John Leyden reports: Mozilla has plugged a privacy-related security hole in Firefox 13 and released a fixed version of its web browser. The flaw allowed the software’s speed-dial-alike “new tab” feature to take snapshots of supposedly secure HTTPS sessions. Punters sounded the alarm over the feature that, for example, revealed online bank account details or private messages…
Category: Breaches
UK: Bank holiday ‘rush’ caused council data blunder that leaked witness details to troublemakers
Remember that horrific breach by Islington Council that was reported in April? Andrew Johnson recently reported on the results of an investigation and the impact of the breach so far: An inquiry into a leak which saw the names and addresses of dozens of residents sent to the homes of troublemakers has concluded that Islington…
Europcar car rental fined €54,000 for illegally collecting personal data
Europcar car rental was fined €54,000 for illegally collecting personal data. The Hamburg, Germany Commissioner for data protection and freedom of information fined Europcar €54,000, after receiving a complaint about this issue. Investigations revealed that the company was tracking the location of a fleet of 1,300 cars without the customers’ consent, which is considered illegal…
Skype privacy bug sends messages to other contacts
Zack Whittaker reports: Skype users are taking to its support forums to warn that some instant messages from one contact are being sent to an unintended recipient on that user’s contact list. It appears the bug may have stemmed from a Skype upgrade last month, according to the support thread. Read more on CNET.