Gregory Korte and Erik Larson report: A staffer for the Department of Government Efficiency violated Treasury Department policies when he sent a spreadsheet containing personal information to two other people in the Trump administration, a federal official revealed in a court filing Friday. That DOGE staffer was Marko Elez, who left his job tracking Treasury…
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Supreme Court declines to weigh in on FQHC’s patient data security liability
Dave Muoio reports: The Supreme Court has declined to hear a case on whether a Federally Qualified Health Center is immune from liability over a former patient’s stolen personally identifying information (PII). The class-action lawsuit stemmed from a patient who received care and provided that information to Sandhills Medical Foundation, an FQHC, in 2018. The…
Imprisoned IRS Contractor Leaked Information of Over 400,000 Taxpayers
James Lynch reports: Imprisoned former IRS contractor Charles Littlejohn improperly leaked information of over 400,000 taxpayers, a far greater number than the agency previously disclosed. Acting IRS Commissioner Douglas O’Donnell wrote a letter to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R., Ohio) earlier this month notifying him that Littlejohn’s illegal disclosures impacted 405, 427 taxpayers,…
Hackers Claim Data Breach at Bulgaria’s Supreme Administrative Court
Novinite reports: The Ransomhouse hacker group has claimed responsibility for stealing data from the Supreme Administrative Court’s information systems. The group published documents, including lists of employee names, personal data, and leave applications, as evidence of the breach, according to cybersecurity website Questona. Along with the leaked documents, the hackers addressed the court’s management with a message urging them to make contact….
Virginia AG’s office says it was struck by ‘sophisticated cyberattack’
Laura Vozzella reports: A “sophisticated cyberattack” struck the offices of Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares on Wednesday, forcing the agency to shut down computer systems and resort to paper court filings as Virginia State Police and the FBI investigate. “Unfortunately our agency has been the victim of what appears to be a sophisticated cyberattack,”…
Elon Musk’s DOGE Posts Classified Data On Its New Website
Jennifer Bendery reports: Elon Musk’s team at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency has posted classified information about the size and staff of a U.S. intelligence agency on its new website, raising bigger concerns about where Musk’s programmers got this information and what they are doing with it. DOGE, which President Donald Trump created to…