David Chanen and Dan Browning report: Applications that psychologists made to the Minnesota Board of Psychology to get or renew their licenses delivered a gold mine of information to a receptionist working with a crime ring to defraud banks and retailers in 14 states. Robin Finger, 44, is the latest of several people in a…
Category: Government Sector
AU: RailCorp violated NSW privacy law by not properly wiping lost USB drives before auctioning them – report
Remember the news coverage of how RailCorp was auctioning off USB drives left on trains without properly wiping them first? There’s a follow-up to the story on Infosecurity-Magazine this week: The state-owned passenger rail service RailCorp did not comply with New South Wales’ (NSW) privacy law when it “cleansed” data from unclaimed USB keys that…
IE: Man stole laptops from HSE offices in middle of night – court hears
Declan Brennan reports on the prosecution for a breach I don’t remember seeing before: A man stole laptops with sensitive information from HSE offices in the middle of the night after walking in through an open door in the building, a court has heard. Stephen Ennis (22) was caught “red handed” with three mobile phones,…
UK: Data breach exposed as council launches new policy
Ouch. Information Age reports: A data breach at Dumfries and Galloway Council was reported just hours after the council announced a new data protection policy. The Scottish local council announced yesterday that it had approved a new data protection policy, having suffered two significant data breaches last year. In one incident, salary information about 9,000…
Update: Laptop holding PERA data stolen from auditor’s pickup at hotel lot
We should have known or at least guessed. Trip Jennings provides additional background on the Public Employees Retirement Association of New Mexico breach reported previously on this blog. Parked at a Clovis Comfort Inn & Suites, the 2008 white Ford F350 pickup must have seemed an inviting target. Inside the truck’s cab were two laptop…
UK: Dumfries and Galloway Council makes childminder data apology
BBC reports on yet another council breach: A council has apologised “unreservedly” after details of thousands of childminders were “inadvertently” sent to a number of childcare providers. The information had been provided to Dumfries and Galloway Council by the Care Inspectorate. The incident has been reported to the Information Commissioner’s Office and those affected have…