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Records which map out users' whereabouts held indefinitely
Stuart Millar and Paul Kelso, *The Guardian*, 27 Oct 2001
One of the fastest growing mobile phone providers is indefinitely storing
information that allows its customers' movements over the last two years to
be mapped to within a few hundred metres. As the government rushes through
emergency anti-terror legislation that would require vast amounts of
electronic communications data to be retained in the name of national
security, *The Guardian* has established that Virgin Mobile has been storing
the location records of its 1 million customers since the network launched
in November 1999. Last night, the privacy watchdog, the information
commissioner, told the Guardian that it would be investigating the practice
to establish whether it contravenes regulations governing retention of
communications data. [...]
http://www.guardian.co.uk/mobile/article/0,2763,581763,00.html [Monty Solomon via risks-digest Volume 21, Issue 74]
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This from Australian Broadcasting Corporation web site, 31 Oct 2001
URL = http://www.abc.net.au/news/newslink/nat/newsnat-31oct2001-96.htm
Vitek Boden, a computer hacker who hacked into the sewage control computer
and intentionally released caused thousands of litres of raw sewage into
creeks and parks on the lower Queensland Coast (and the grounds of the
local Hyatt Regency), has been jailed for two years by a Maroochydore
District Court jury. [PGN-ed]
An unexpected Risk? Wonder what the design decision was: perhaps to save on
call-back costs for control staff?
[also noted by Derek Ross and George Michaelson. PGN] [Peter Deighan via risks-digest Volume 21, Issue 74]
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A California man who used a public library computer terminal to send
anonymous e-mail threats to a Michigan man has been convicted by a jury of
cyberstalking. The prosecution used circumstantial evidence to prove its
case, since no logs of the e-mails or computer users were kept by the
library. http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/depth/stalk103101.htm [Declan McCullagh via risks-digest Volume 21, Issue 73]
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After their relationship ended, Cheug Wing-hang took 420 pounds (HK?) from
his girlfriend's HSBC Internet bank account. He was convicted on four
counts of theft and five counts of dishonest computer access. The *South
China Morning Post* reported he will be sentenced on 13 Nov 2001.
[http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_431974.html]
[Despite the lack of specificity on what kind of pounds were involved,
we can assume that his girlfriend did not weigh more than 500 pounds.] ["Peter G. Neumann" via risks-digest Volume 21, Issue 73]
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Maximillian Dornseif, 2002.
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