Nicola Hodges reports: Revenue & Customs has sent the names, addresses and National Insurance numbers of 2,200 claimants to the wrong people in the latest Government data bungle. The blunder involves child benefit letters to families whose children are 16, asking them to confirm that the youngsters are still studying. But some letters have contained…
Category: Government Sector
OH: Error circulates state workers’ bank data
Alan Johnson reports: Personal banking information for 6,000 state employees, including Gov. Ted Strickland, was inadvertently included in a Jan. 27 e-mail distributed to dozens of payroll officers of state agencies. Republicans are calling it a security breach, but the Strickland administration says it was simply a mistake that posed little, if any, risk. “This…
(follow-up) Federal Office Offers $50,000 Reward for Missing External Drive
Hilton Collins reports: The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is still on the lookout for a missing external drive containing copies of personal data — including Social Security numbers — of former Bill Clinton administration staffers and people who contacted or visited the White House during the Clinton era. One of former Vice President…
WY: Kid Care CHIP Client Information Exposed Online
The Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) announced today an error has lead to potential online exposure of personal information provided by clients and applicants of the Wyoming Kid Care CHIP program. WDH Information Technology was notified Thursday that personal information of Kid Care clients was improperly appearing in Google search results. Thirty seconds upon receiving…
NY: Social Security loses a CD with personal info
Peter C. Mastrosimone reports: A computer disc containing detailed personal information about 969 New Yorkers was lost by a Social Security Administration employee traveling to Queens from the Bronx back in late October. Three months later, on Jan. 22, the agency sent out letters to those people, explaining the situation and assuring them that officials…
NY: Hacker stole $378,000 from town account, sent it to Ukraine
Michael Valkys reports: A computer hacker broke into a Town of Poughkeepsie bank account and stole $378,000 by transferring the money to banks in Ukraine, Supervisor Patricia Myers said Wednesday. Ending two weeks of silence about the incident, Myers read a statement before the Town Board’s meeting at Town Hall. She said four illegal transfers…