Chris Havergal reports: Personal details of householders and their voting preferences were left in a pub by Liberal Democrat campaigners. Simon Webb, 24, found the dossier wedged behind a window seat in the Green Dragon in Chesterton. It contained the names and addresses of around 60 people from the electoral roll and, marked next to…
Category: Breaches
Blippy Users’ Credit Card Numbers Exposed in Google Search Results (update 4)
Blippy’s web site says, “Blippy is a fun and easy way to see and discuss what everyone’s buying.” It may also be a fun and easy way for identity thieves to get your credit card number. Jennifer van Grove reports: Sharing your credit card and online purchases with friends on the web sounds risky and…
Data breaches spiral around Nick Clegg in UK election
Graham Cluley writes: Nick Clegg, leader of Britain’s Liberal Democrat party, has found himself in the middle of a couple of stories about data security with the UK election just a matter of weeks away. British tabloid The Sun is reporting that Clegg’s secret preparations for a TV debate with Conservative rival David Cameron and…
Privacy gaffe leads to multiple firings at Ohio Apple Store
“Several” workers at the Legacy Village Apple Store in Lyndhurst, Ohio have been fired following an accidental privacy violation, according to a report. Sources note that when a computer is brought in for service by Apple, a standard procedure is used to backup and restore a customer’s data; this normally ensures that once a restore…