What is this world coming to when you can't even
have a beer in piece?
650,000
Affected by JD Wetherspoon Data Breach
JD
Wetherspoon, a major pub chain operating in the UK and Ireland,
informed customers last week that their personal information may have
been stolen after hackers breached its website in mid-June 2015.
According
to an email sent out customers, the company only learned of the
breach on December 1. An investigation
revealed that attackers gained access to a customer database
linked to the firm’s old website, which had been hosted by a third
party.
… The
compromised database stored the names, dates of birth, email
addresses and phone numbers of 656,723 people who signed up for JD
Wetherspoon newsletters, registered to use Wi-Fi in pubs and opted to
receive company information, purchased vouchers online between
January 2009 and August 2014, or used the contact form on the
company’s website.
For politicians, there's no reaction as good as an
over-reaction!
After Paris
Attacks, French Cops Want to Block Tor and Forbid Free Wi-Fi
After the recent Paris terror attacks, French law
enforcement wants to have several powers added to a proposed law,
including the move to forbid and block the use of the Tor anonymity
network, according to an internal document from the Ministry of
Interior seen
by French newspaper Le Monde.
That document talks about two proposed pieces of
legislation, one around the state
of emergency, and the other concerning counter-terrorism.
For my students.
New on LLRX
– Information Quality Resources and Expert Resources
by Sabrina
I. Pacifici on Dec 6, 2015
Via LLRX
– Information
Quality Resources and Expert Resources – Marcus
Zillman’s guide is a comprehensive and selective bibliography
including search engines, world wide web resources, services and
sites currently offering free, value added content on the web. As
more and more of the global population is accessing the web, making
informed choices about what content to use to obtain reliable,
accurate, actionable information becomes more critical. This guide
provides an extensive range of reliable, relevant information to
leverage – whether you are an educator, a librarian, a researcher,
a lawyer, a student, a professional working on mission critical
organizational objectives, or in the interest of current awareness.
Gaining insight into your resources can be a challenging process if
undertaken without benchmarks and skillfully researched pathfinders.
This guide comprises a wide range of resources for everyone who
regularly engages with web content for knowledge discovery, producing
work product, and creating value added content related to specific
sectors, issues or topics.
(Related)
Tutorial
Resources
Will Big Data help weed the gene pool? Dilbert
seems to think so.
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