WHEC reports: The state Tax Department is warning companies and workers after it says 65 companies with New York employees have been victimized by tax scams. As a result, 7,100 Social Security numbers across the state have been compromised, the department says. Read more on WHEC.
Month: March 2017
Singapore Armed Forces apologizes for data leak
Chong Zi Liang reports: The identity card numbers and photos of a batch of Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) recruits were published online by mistake last Saturday before the authorities realised the error and removed the information the next day. In a statement, Basic Military Training Centre (BMTC) commander Desmond Yeo apologised for the blunder, adding…
UK: Man prosecuted for taking files with job candidates’ personal info with him when he resigned to start rival company
Gregory Orum has been prosecuted at Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Court for an offence of unlawfully obtaining personal data. The defendant, who at the time worked at a recruitment agency based in Hertfordshire, emailed the personal data of approximately 500 candidates to his personal email address as he was leaving to start a new rival recruitment…
Virus found in database of Arkansas job seekers, state says
Eric Besson reports: Investigators are trying to determine whether personal information — including Social Security numbers — for an estimated 19,000 Arkansas job seekers was stolen after a virus was detected in a statewide database, a government spokesman said. Arkansas Department Workforce Services spokesman Steve Guntharp said Thursday that it was not immediately clear whether…
MY: Hard disks, laptops stolen from Parti Cinta Sabah offices
Stephanie Lee reports: Hard disks and laptops containing important political information were stolen from Parti Cinta Sabah’s head office at the Nountun Industrial Estate near here. PCS president Datuk Seri Wilfred Bumburing’s corporate officer [sic] located on the second floor of the same building was also broken into. Read more on The Star.
Metropolitan Urology Group Notifies Almost 18,000 Patients of Ransomware Attack That Exposed PHI
As seen on the group’s web site: On January 10, 2017, Metropolitan Urology Group (MUG) was made aware that a ransomware attack that occurred on November 28, 2016 exposed certain patient health information to the hackers who infected two MUG servers with the ransomware virus. MUG has been working with a premier, international information technology…