Ben Grubb reports: Telstra has admitted to breaching the privacy of some of its customers only after being contacted by this website. “Most, if not all, affected customers (less than 3000) have been rung over the past week or so,” said Telstra spokesman Craig Middleton. Those affected were using Telstra’s Tribe service, a platform which aggregates…
Category: Breaches
UK: Computer hacker controlled victims’ webcams from mother’s front room
A computer hacker accessed highly personal data and controlled victims’ webcams as part of a sophisticated email scam carried out from his mother’s front room. Matthew Anderson, 33, was a key member of an international gang, abusing his skills as a computer security expert to target businesses and individuals with spam containing hidden viruses, a…
In: Legal action on personal data misuse
Surabhi Agarwal reports: New Delhi: In what may change the way banks and cellphone companies as well as official agencies collect and process information about individuals, the government is proposing legislation that will empower citizens with sweeping rights to legal recourse against any misuse of personal data. The first draft of the proposed legislation has…
Whoa, Google, That’s A Pretty Big Security Hole
Michael Arrington writes: Facebook would probably just consider this a feature, but the rest of us will definitely consider this a big security hole. The creator of http://guntada.blogspot.com (don’t visit that site just yet) emailed us this morning to explain. If you’re already logged in to any Google account (Gmail, etc.), and visit that site, he’s…