Lisa DeLancey reports: A digital security breech (sic) has potentially put the Social Security numbers of Tipton County’s largest employer in the hands of those with malicious intent. Tipton County Director of Schools Dr. William “Buddy” Bibb says the system’s employee records were obtained by an unauthorized third party and sent a letter home with…
Month: January 2017
Realty firm fined $10,000 by Singapore regulator for data security failure
Singapore’s Personal Data Commission has imposed a $10,000 penalty on Propnex Realty for failing to make reasonable security arrangements to prevent unauthorized access of individuals’ personal data stored online. On December 28, 2015, the Personal Data Protection Commission (“Commission”) received a complaint from a complainant in relation to the publication online of the Propnex Realty’s internal…
Russians suspected of hacking Wisconsin Dems
From the I-just-report-’em-I-don’t-necessarily-believe-them dept. Paul Srubas reports: County websites of the Democratic Party in the area have been under attack, at least one apparently by Russian hackers, an officer of the party said. What appears to have been Russian hackers compromised the website of the 8th Congressional District Democratic Party as well as the sites of…
Former Marin County Resident Convicted For Using Prisoner Identities in Tax Fraud Scheme
SAN FRANCISCO – Howard Webber, a former resident of Marin County, Calif., was convicted today by a federal jury for conspiring to use identities of others and file fraudulent income tax returns, announced U.S. Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division. The verdict…
NZ: Ex-cop charged with misuse of computer system
NZCity reports: A former police officer has appeared in an Auckland court accused of inappropriately accessing personal information during his time in the force. The 34-year-old faces 21 counts of accessing a computer system for a dishonest purpose having appeared in Auckland District Court on Wednesday. Read more on NZCity. Can anyone explain to me…
NY: Bank call center employee used caller information to steal from accounts
Melinda Miller reports: A former call center employee admitted in Erie County Court that he stole more than $15,000 from the accounts of nine bank customers using personal information stolen through his job. Adrian Jones, 27, of Buffalo pleaded guilty before Judge Michael A. Pietruszka to two counts of grand larceny in the third degree,…