20 October 2013 The NSA of the United States has gained insight in the policy-making and political systems of Mexico through successfully gaining access to the Mexican Presidents, President Felipe Calderon’s, public email account. The account contained diplomatic, economic and leadership communications. NSA reports show that in May 2010 the TAO, the division of the […]
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18 October 2013 The founder of Lavabit, Ladar Levison, took the decision to close Lavabit in August in an attempt to stop the American Government from accessing the data held at Lavabit. The FBI demanded he hand over the encryption keys, potentially placing all customer data at risk. The email service claiming to have more […]
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26 September 2013 A London sole trader, Jala Transport Ltd, has incurred a £5000 fine. The loans company that is based in Wembley lost an unencrypted hard drive, holding the financial details and personal details (names, birth dates, addresses, identification documents) of its 250 customers making them susceptible to the danger of identity theft. Although the hard drive […]
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Spy agencies, US and UK, bypass encryption Leaked documents show that the National security agency (N.S.A) has been working to gain backdoor access into all encryption technologies. Even your private emails are not secure, as intelligence agencies gain access to millions of people’s personal data. The NSA have bypassed common encryption methods by stealing encryption […]
21 June 2013 In 2010 the CEO for Facebook, Max Kelly, left to join the National Security Agency (NSA). He moved from protecting the information of over a billion Facebook users to work for the NSA whose purpose it is to analyse substantial amounts of collected data. The move of an employee from a social […]
17 June 2013 Once again it has been stressed that encryption definitely works as a method to keep your personal data private. Recently through the Guardian Website and an event known as ‘AskSnowden’, the whistle-blower Mr Snowden of the leaked scheme ‘PRISM’ answered a question regarding the use of encryption to secure data, specifically to […]
Introduction The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) has empowered the US government to gain access to the servers of nine major internet companies. The project has been named appropriately as the ‘PRISM’. Since 2007 the US government has had complete access to our personal information and private communications, made possible through a concealed partnership with […]
10 June 2013 Leaked documents have brought to light that US governments have the ability to access detailed records of individuals smartphone and internet activity via a scheme called ‘Prism’. Through ‘Prism’ the US have access to chat logs (audio and video), stored data, photographs, emails, voice traffic, file transfers as well as social networking […]
7 June 2013 20 143 individuals information has been compromised following the loss of two laptops containing unencrypted information belonging to Glasgow City Council. The laptops were stolen on 28 May 2012. The personal information on the laptops included the council’s creditor payment history files of over 20 000 people as well as bank account […]
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3 June 2013 The ICO have issued a monetary penalty of £100,000 to Stockport Primary Care Trust following a breach of the data protection act. A site previously owned by the Trust contained boxes holding documentation comprising personal information some of which being sensitive data. The documents included diaries, letters, referral notices and patient records. […]
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12 May 2013 Recent information leads us to believe that FBI read emails and other electronic communication without a warrant. Federal law enforcement agencies reinforce the urgent need for protection of privacy. In 2010 it was decided that the government must obtain a probable cause warrant prior to compelling email providers to turn over messages. […]
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26 April 2013 A GP practice, Burnett, in County Armagh has been using a free web-based email account to inform patients of upcoming appointments and results. In october 2012 patients reported receiving odd emails asking for their bank details. A breach had occurred when the email account had been hacked and about 175 patients email […]
