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'Worst' council for data breaches defends record
24 November 2011Buckinghamshire County Council, which ranked highest in reported data breaches since 2008, says it is a victim of its scrupulous reporting practices
Job-seeking Mariott hacker pleads guilty
24 November 2011Hungarian man who hacked Mariott hotel's IT system, then demanded a job on threat of releasing the stolen data, faces up to 15 years in jail
Just 5% of local council data breaches reported to ICO
23 November 2011According to a study by civil liberties campaigner Big Brother Watch, just 55 of the 1,035 local council data breaches since 2008 were reported to watchdog
Xbox users targetted in phishing campaign
22 November 2011Phishing scam hits 'thousands' of Xbox Live users, The Sun newspaper has reported, although there is no evidence of Microsoft having been hacked
Southwark Council breached Data Protection Act
21 November 2011Personal data of 7,200 people was found on an iMac computer in a vacated council office, says ICO
US utility hack shows SCADA vulnerabilities
21 November 2011Industrial control software was connected to the Internet, allowing hackers to take control, report says
Hackers target Norway's energy and defence industry
18 November 2011Industrial secrets believed to have been stolen after email-borne malware attack strikes numerious Norwegian companies
Police foiled DoS plot on royal wedding website
16 November 2011Metropolitan police's cyber crime chief reveals planned denial of service on official site of the royal wedding
Letwin broke law by dumping documents, says ICO
15 November 2011Data protection watchdog raps minister for disposing of sensitive documents in a park dustbin, but says he has learned his lession
Facebook facial recognition breaks EU law – regulator
11 November 2011State of Hamburg's data protection regulator is preparing legal action against social networking giant over its use of facial recognition without consent
City IT admin charged with intercepting mayor's emails
11 November 2011FBI charges IT worker at Hoboken, New Jersey, with intercepting mayor's emails amid political dispute
Open data used to defraud the government – report
10 November 2011Scammers used public spending data to defraud local councils of £7 million last year, Audit Commission report finds
Scottish Conservative leader broke spam laws – ICO
07 November 2011Ruth Davidson's victorious leadership campaign sent unsolicted emails to party members, but data protection watchdog is not pressing charges
Confidential documents found in Vince Cable's recycling
04 November 2011Business secretary is the second cabinet minister to caught dumping unshredded sensitive documents in dustbins
Cameron, Biden call for open Internet to be protected
01 November 2011Prime Minister and US vice president call for openness of Internet to be preserved in spite of need for security
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