If there’s damning evidence against you, best to get the story out yourself – and best to get it out on the weekend when fewer people follow news. Jessica Guynn has a must-read piece in today’s L.A. Times about the FCC’s investigation of Google’s wi-fi breach. Google has reportedly released the entire report, only redacting…
Category: Breaches
UK: Islington Council gives thugs details of residents who complained about them
From the nothing-good-can-come-of-this dept.: Aimee Brannen reports: The personal details of more than 50 people have been passed onto thugs who they reported for anti-social behaviour and drug taking on their estate. Islington Council was forced to notify the Information Commissioner yesterday (Thursday) following the massive breach of data protection which has resulted in the…
The meters may be smart, but watch out for the monitoring!
Jericho from Attrition.org sent me a link to an interesting post on Risks Digest 26.80 from a homeowner who installed solar panels on his roof. The firm that installed the panels provide s a user-specific web page that customers can use to monitor their system’s performance. The page goes one step further: it also displays electricity production. So…
American files lawsuit against former flight attendant for publishing private passenger information
Andrea Ahles writes: American Airlines has filed a lawsuit against former flight attendant Gailen David and several other unnamed American employees for publishing private passenger information. Sky Talk readers may remember David as the flight attendant who posted satirical videos about the Fort Worth-based carrier under the guise “Aluminum Lady” and on his blog Dear…