http://www.darkreading.com/insiderthreat/security/privacy/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=222100161 By Tim Wilson DarkReading Dec 28, 2009 A former executive of a matchmaking service firm in China is accused of stealing the personal data of about 16,000 registrants and attempting to sell it to other matchmaking firms. According to a news report by Yomiuri Shimbun, the Chiba-based matchmaking firm, Web In Chiba Prefecture, is planning to lodge a criminal complaint over theft and other crimes against the 49-year-old former board member, who allegedly removed the information before he quit the firm in August 2006. According to the firm, the former board member allegedly stole the membership information of about 11,000 men and 5,000 women in Tokyo and 21 prefectures -- including their addresses, names, dates of birth, and phone numbers -- with the aim of selling it. The stolen data dates from 2005, when all of the firm's staff had access to the data, the report says. [...] ________________________________________ Did a friend send you this? From now on, be the first to find out! Subscribe to InfoSec News http://www.infosecnews.orgReceived on Tue Dec 29 2009 - 02:35:34 PST
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