Give ’em back their data – that you didn’t ask for but they sent you anyway – or they’ll seize it from you? A computer has been seized from a woman who received personal details of every Belfast city councillor in a major security breach, it has been revealed. Heather M Brown surrendered the computer…
Category: Government Sector
TRICARE Financial Fraud Claims Don’t Make Sense
Sang of AlertBoot provides some sharp – and skeptical – commentary on the amended complaint alleging fraudulent charges in a lawsuit against the Department of Defense over the TRICARE breach involving SAIC: Many news feeds are covering nextgov.com‘s story that victims of last year’s TRICARE data breach are reporting fraudulent credit card charges and bank transactions. …
UK: Lancashire Constabulary receives penalty after loss of missing person’s report
A breach that was reported on this blog last July has resulted in a fine and an undertaking for the Lancashire constabulary. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has served a monetary penalty of £70,000 to Lancashire Constabulary after papers containing sensitive information about a 15 year old girl were found on a street in Blackpool. This is…
State agency leaves Arizonans’ sensitive documents in dumpster
Susan Casper reports on what some dumpster divers found in Payson, Arizona and the state agency’s response: The women’s hunt for savings turns up thousands of sensitive documents exposing the personal information of hundreds of Arizonans; confidential material a thief could use to steal your identity sitting at the bottom of a recycling bin. “There’s…
Belfast city councillors’ bank details disclosed in data foul-up
Amanda Poole reports on another case where a response for records results in a data breach: Belfast city councillors were forced to cancel their bank cards last night after a major security breach in which a council worker accidentally released all their personal information to a member of the public. An internal investigation is now…
AU: Defence under investigation after privacy breach
Hayden Cooper reports on a horrific breach: The Australian Defence Force is under investigation for a privacy breach that exposed the most personal details of scores of serving soldiers. The bungle at Townsville’s Lavarack Barracks posted medical information, discipline records and psychology reports online for all to see. One former soldier has told ABC’s 7.30…