When hacktivist @ElSurveillance recently tweeted that 14 government sites had the same vulnerabilities, including MYSQL, Cross Site Script, etc., someone responded that councils were generally not considered “government.” DataBreaches.net had – and will continue to – consider them “government” entities, as local government is still government. And in this site’s experience, council breaches can involve sensitive information, such as when council social workers lose records on residents they are assisting, or when personal information of residents is improperly exposed online.
As a current example, Sam Evans reports on a breach at Gloucestershire County Council that reportedly involves personal and medical information on vulnerable adults.
GCC were notified of the data breach on April 3 but three weeks later, the sensitive documents remain available.
Rachel Smith, Green Party County Council Candidate for Minchinhampton Division, discovered the data breach whilst researching social care procedures and funding.
She said: “I was completely shocked when I found myself reading such detailed information about vulnerable adults.
“The documents were there online for anyone to take a look at, and whilst the names were reduced to initials, the information was detailed and sufficient to make the people they related to identifiable.
Read more on Gazette.
i know about a breach that should be included on this site .
Email or Jabber works well to contact me.