Stephen Delahunty reports: A data breach at the National Lottery Community Fund has left more than six years of contact and bank details exposed to fraudulent behaviour. The grant-giver has apologised after data provided to it between September 2013 and December 2019 by UK Portfolio, England funding and Building Better Opportunities customers was breached. The…
Category: Government Sector
Nearly 58K targeted in Florida CONNECT website data breach, DEO says
WESH reports: Nearly 58,000 people were targeted in a data breach of Florida’s CONNECT website, the Florida Department of Economics has confirmed. The DEO said it learned of the data break on July 16 involving potentially fraudulent activity. Information that may have been accessed within the accounts included social security numbers, driver’s license numbers, bank…
MN: Five in trouble with the state for unauthorized access of driver’s information
Tim Harlow reports: The deputy registrar’s office in Fairfax, Minn., is closed and its two employees are off the job after they accessed drivers’ motor vehicle records without an authorized purpose, according to the state Department of Public Safety. In an unrelated case in North Mankato, three employees at a deputy registrar’s office were stripped…
UK: Oxford City Council apologizes after mailing error involving rent statements
Eirian Jane Prosser reports: OXFORD City Council have apologised to residents after a ‘computer error’ caused a potential data breach over rent statements. The apology comes after locals raised the alarm of the potential breach after they recieved the wrong rent statement in the post. Read more on Oxford Mail.
Over 80 US Municipalities’ Sensitive Information, Including Resident’s Personal Data, Left Vulnerable in Massive Data Breach
I’ve been cutting down on the number of leaks I report that just seem like attempts to get publicity for firms. But this one affects government, so I am linking to it. WizCase’s team of ethical hackers, led by Ata Hakçıl, has found a major breach exposing a number of US cities, all of them using…
Geneva, Ohio discloses ransomware attack
Warren Dillaway reports that that the city is investigating a breach. In a statement the city issued, they wrote: “Early Friday morning, July 16, 2021, the City of Geneva discovered an online breach into the city’s website and online data systems. The City of Geneva’s executive management and information technology department immediately began accessing the…