Josh Halliday reports: A footballer has sued Twitter after a number of the microblogging site’s users purported to reveal the name of the player who allegedly had an affair with model Imogen Thomas. The footballer’s legal team began the legal action at the high court in London on Wednesday, in what is thought to be…
Category: Breaches
OH: Newark police investigating student information included in letters sent to school
Seth Roy reports: Newark police are investigating a report filed this week that alleges leaders of the new Eagle Wings Academy took student information from Excel Academy to contact school districts. On May 9, Marlene Jacob — former Excel director and current Eagle Wings director — sent letters to districts that contract with Excel about…
Court of Appeal Upholds Conviction for Hacking School Computers
An Internet user has no expectation of privacy with respect to identifying information he gives to the Internet Service Provider and lacks standing to challenge the provider’s compliance with a search warrant seeking the information, the Court of Appeal for this district ruled yesterday. Div. Six affirmed Vincent Stipo’s convictions for wiretapping and unlawfully accessing…
Android handsets ‘leak’ personal data
More than 99% of Android phones are potentially leaking data that, if stolen, could be used to get the information they store online. The data being leaked is typically used to get at web-based services such as Google Calendar. The discovery was made by German security researchers looking at how Android phones handle identification information….