The Department of Navy (DON) CIO recently blogged: A few weeks ago, I received a letter from the Commanding Officer of my Navy Operational Support Center. While I am no stranger to trouble, I still wondered what had warranted such a letter. Much to my chagrin, it was sent to notify me that (for the…
Category: Government Sector
WA: Personnel files for Larch workers stolen
Kathie Durbin reports: The Washington Department of Corrections is investigating an incident in which a briefcase full of sensitive personnel records was stolen from the vehicle of a Larch Corrections Center manager early Monday morning. Larch human resources manager Roy Murphy reportedly took the records home over last weekend to review them, then left his…
Ex-Marana police officer facing felony charges
Stephen Ceasar reports: A former Marana Police Officer has been indicted on charges of computer tampering and identity theft. Calvin Ingram, 39, is facing charges of using police databases for non-law enforcement purposes and sharing the information with non-law enforcement people, an Arizona Attorney General Office news release said. Officials say he used the databases…
Inmate gets 18 months for hacking prison computer
In a follow-up to a case reported in September, Robert McMillan reports: A former Massachusetts prison inmate has been given an 18-month prison sentence for hacking prison computers while he was incarcerated. Francis “Frank” Janosko, 44, was sentenced Tuesday in federal court in Boston for abusing a computer provided by the Plymouth County Correctional Facility….
(follow-up) PennDOT computer heist remains unsolved
This breach was reported back in 2006 and covered on PogoWasRight.org at the time. If you were wondering what happened since then, it appears that the incident is still a mystery. Three years after a mysterious heist of computer equipment from a state driver’s license center, police are still unsure why the crooks targeted the…
B.C. civil servant accused of sending personal data to U.S. border guard
More from CanWest on a Canadian breach reported previously over on PogoWasRight.org: A B.C. government employee under investigation for an alleged privacy breach is accused of e-mailing personal data about government clients to an American border guard in Washington state. Government sources confirmed Friday that the employee, who works from the Lower Mainland for the…