David Mills reports: A file of confidential documents relating to an ongoing court case have been found scattered across a road by a member of the public. Around 100 muddied A4 sheets were found near the Waldo Road tip in Bromley at the junction of Homesdale Road and Waldo Road at around 9am on Tuesday…
Category: Breach Incidents
UK: Security probe after data breach at prison
Aasma Day reports: A security probe has been launched after a memory stick containing details of more than 6,000 prisoners was lost – with the password attached to it. The USB data stick was lost by a health worker at Preston prison. All 6,360 patients are, or have been, a prisoner at Her Majesty’s Prison…
GU: Pair Arrested On Federal Identity Theft Charge
Kevin Kerrigan reports: Federal officials say two arrests have been made in an identity theft case. U-S Attorney Lenny Rapadis has announced that Benedict L. Cruz and Melissa J. Quitugua have been arrested and arraigned on Federal charges of fraudulently obtaining more than 73-thousand dollars through the unauthorized use of credit cards and committing identity…
Ca: Vaughan mayor wants to re-open e-mail snooping report
Caroline Grech reports: A report looking into how Mayor Linda Jackson’s e-mails ended up on the doorstep of former Mayor Michael Di Biase’s doorstep during the heated 2006 municipal election campaign has finally been made public. The report, obtained by the Vaughan Citizen, concluded the hacking of Ms Jackson’s e-mail was not due to an…
UK: BSI proposes new data protection standard
Phil Muncaster reports: Standards body BSI British Standards has invited the public to submit their comments on a new draft standard designed to help firms comply with the Data Protection Act. The DPC BS 10012, which was devised by a group of experts from academia, government and industry, applies to any organisation which holds the…
IN: State unemployment accounts breached
[…] According to the Indiana Department of Workforce Development, some 1000 Hoosiers’ accounts were compromised. Marc Lotter with Workforce Development says, “The company that is contracted to handle the ATM portion of those cards, there was a security breach of some sort early last year.” The state did send out letters at that time and…