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Month: April 2016

Escambia County School hit with payroll system security breach

Posted on April 6, 2016 by Dissent

Stephanie Nelson reports: The Escambia County School System is one of three in the state hit with a payroll accounting system security breach that allowed fraudulent tax returns to be filed in employee names. The systems, which include Alexander and Dothan city, use Innovak – a Spartanburg, S.C.-based provider platform for financials. Ongoing investigations at…

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Ca: Co-workers irate after Powell River nurse who snooped in medical files gets job back

Posted on April 6, 2016 by Dissent

If you think it’s “excessive” to fire an employee for snooping in patients’ records, then you don’t get the importance of medical privacy. And for a union representing healthcare workers to try to claim that an employee shouldn’t be fired for repeated snooping just because others hadn’t been fired is, well…. disgraceful. What has happened…

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The security holes at the heart of the Panama Papers

Posted on April 6, 2016 by Dissent

James Temperton and Matt Burgess report: The front-end computer systems of Mossack Fonseca are outdated and riddled with security flaws, analysis has revealed. The law firm at the centre of the Panama Papers hack has shown an “astonishing” disregard for security, according to one expert. Amongst other lapses, Mossack Fonseca has failed to update its Outlook Web Access login…

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VA responds to security breaches on eBenefits website

Posted on April 6, 2016 by Dissent

Danielle Leigh reports: An Army veteran from Yelm has a warning for other veterans about security breaches on the eBenefits website maintained by the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense. The website is a universal portal for managing retirement, healthcare and disability described as “a secure environment where you can safely access your personal…

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IE: IAA apologizes for data breach

Posted on April 6, 2016 by Dissent

The Irish Aviation Authority has apologised after a data breach on its drone register. Registered owners were allowed to access the names and contact details of all other drone pilots as a result of an error. Read more on The Nationalist.

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Mossack Fonseca: we were hacked

Posted on April 6, 2016 by Dissent

On April 4, the Panamanian law firm at the center of a huge scandal issued a statement saying, among other things, that the media has misrepresented what they do, that everything they do is perfectly aboveboard, and they regret – but are not responsible for – any clients who may have misused their services despite their due…

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