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RSS detailsPowergen in security scandal - thousands of debit card details open to abuse
News UK utility, Powergen, has admitted to a massive security breach that left the debit card details of thousands of customers open to a potential multimillion pound fraud. Chamberlain - an IT manager - said he was surprised... [18 Jul 2000]
MoD admits losing nearly 2m recruits' details
News The MoD has revealed a lost hard drive may contain details on almost two million individuals - one million more than first thought. Minister for the Armed Forces, Bob Ainsworth, told parliament yesterday an MoD portable... [14 Oct 2008]
ISPs ordered to hand over file-sharer details
News The High Court has ordered 10 ISPs to hand over the customer details of 150 individuals accused of illegally sharing and downloading desktop software on the web. The individuals all use false names but Fast has now... [31 Jan 2006]
Vodafone customers' bank details compromised in mailing blunder
News Vodafone customers have had their bank account details compromised following a mistake by the company responsible for mailing out the telco's welcome packs. He said: "I have had to close my bank account as my banking... [16 Apr 2002]
Nokia flaw leaves your personal details online
News I was trying to register for club membership when a page came up with someone else's details. He hadn't seen the credit card details of the other user, but was still sufficiently concerned to phone the... [08 Jun 2001]
Stolen M&S laptop contains 26,000 pension details
News Retailer Marks & Spencer (M&S) could face prosecution if it does not comply within two months to the overhaul of its data security after losing 26,000 employees' pension details. Names, addresses, national insurance... [25 Jan 2008]
White House divulges surveillance details
News In a sign that political pressure from other Republicans is having an effect, the White House on Wednesday disclosed details about its domestic spying programme in a secret meeting with members of a House of... [09 Feb 2006]
Thousands of Hotmail account details posted online
News Hotmail user details have been exposed Hotmail account logins and passwords have been posted to a public forum following a phishing attack. Several thousand users are thought to be affected although the lists of Hotmail... [06 Oct 2009]
Latest eBay scam phishes for user details
News The page that the email links to asks for eBay user information, credit card details and even the users ATM PIN number. Another email scam is targeting users of eBay, claiming their use of the auction site has been... [07 Oct 2003]
Barclays exposes customers' account details on web
News A security breach at Barclays has left the account details some of its online banking customers exposed on the internet. Four of the 85,000 Barclays customers who used the online service this morning phoned the bank's... [31 Jul 2000]
Employees Drive Business Forward With Rapid Access to Colleagues' Details
White Paper To maximise productivity, the organisation wanted an integration solution that ensures employees could access colleagues' contact details rapidly and supports administrators better in managing the network user base. [28 Sep 2007]
MasterCard scandal: More details emerge
News More details emerged on Monday about the cyber break-in at a payment processing company that exposed more than 40 million credit card accounts to fraud. The data security breach, possibly the largest to date, happened... [21 Jun 2005]
Pensions details on lost CD not encrypted
News A lost compact disc containing the personal pension details of 15,000 people was not encrypted. The pension details of the individuals are then sent separately to pension providers, to enable their... [07 Nov 2007]
Clinton details cyber-security plans
News President Clinton has fleshed-out the details of the US government's $2bn plan for a national cyber-security scheme. The scheme includes $90m in funding for the development of security technologies to prevent virus and... [11 Jan 2000]
Web security breach exposes 54,000 card details
News A security blunder at Newcastle City Council has exposed the credit and debit card details of up to 54,000 people online. An internal investigation also revealed the file with all the card details had... [27 Jul 2007]
