Jaikumar Vijayan reports: After more than two years of trying, the City of Los Angeles has abandoned plans to migrate its police department to Google’s hosted email and office application platform saying the service cannot meet certain FBI security requirements. As a result, close to 13,000 law-enforcement employees will remain indefinitely on the LAPD’s existing…
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Sources: 14 State Tax Employees Under Investigation
More on that investigation in Hawaii after an audit revealed some unspecified shenanigans involving employee access to Tax Department databases going back to 2008. Keoki Kerr reports: KITV4 News has learned 14 employees of the State Tax Department are under investigation by the State Attorney General’s office for possible criminal wrongdoing. Sources said so far,…
China Software Developer Network (CSDN) 6 Million user data Leaked
Chinese Software Developer Network (CSDN), operated by Bailian Midami Digital Technology Co., Ltd., is one of the biggest networks of software developers in China. A text file with 6 Million CSDN user info including user name, password, emails, all in clear text leaked on internet. Read more on The Hacker News.
TN: Woman Finds Bags Of Detailed Medical Records In A Dumpster
Adam Ghassemi reports: Last week, while unloading debris at the Sumner County Resource Authority a woman found a lot more than just trash. “It’s totally reckless,” said a Sumner County woman who doesn’t want her identity revealed. She says she hopes what she did protects the identities of countless others. “It’s just unbelievable what could…
NJ: School district investigates Internet security breach
Joseph Cramer reports that school district staff are investigating a security breach into a Ridgewood school building through a compromised computer password. The breach was discovered last weekend, according to a release send out by school officials on Wednesday. The district Internet technology (IT) department is working with school administration to determine if any data…
Update: Stolen St. Charles laptop recovered
A laptop stolen from a St. Charles employee’s car in late October has been recovered. The laptop contained personal information from about 140 patients who had been in the emergency room at St. Charles Bend or Redmond. A forensic analysis indicated that someone had attempted to access the laptop but was unable to do so,…