An Iowa woman pleaded guilty today for unlawfully using a former Department of Justice contractor’s government computer to access government records and to obtain sensitive, non-public law enforcement information, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Nicholas L. McQuaid of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division. According to admissions made in connection with her guilty plea, Rachel Manna,…
Category: Government Sector
USDA Denies Data Breach at Payroll Facility
Mariam Baksh reports: The U.S. Department of Agriculture has found “no evidence” of a data breach at a payroll processing center but is investigating, a spokesperson said in response to news reports to the contrary. Reuters first reported on Tuesday that the department’s National Finance Center, which runs a payroll system serving over 600,000 federal employees…
Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department investigates potential data security incident
Tiffany Bechtel reports: The Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department has received notice that an unknown person has been claiming to have stolen data from TravelOK.com and related websites. Officials say once the department was made aware of the claims they immediately contacted the Oklahoma Cyber Command to launch an investigation into the incident. They also took…
Vermont Labor Dept. facing personal info data breach
Greg Sukiennik reports: The Vermont Department of Labor is scrambling to repair the damage caused by the errant mailing of tax forms with personally identifiable information, including names, addresses and Social Security numbers, to the wrong addresses. State Labor Commissioner Michael Harrington says some people who received unemployment benefits were sent 1099-G tax forms that…
Unemployment fraud in one state and a breach while investigating unemployment fraud in another state
Unemployment fraud is a rampant problem these days. Even investigating it can increase the risk of fraud, it seems. Betty Lin-Fisher reports that hundreds of thousands of Ohioans have become victims, and they generally are first finding out because the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) started sending out 1099 tax statements showing…
Fr: Yvelines. The town of Houilles paralyzed by a cyberattack
Juliette Vignaud of 78Actu reports (translation): The city of Houilles ( Yvelines ) has been facing a cyberattack since Saturday, January 30. The municipality announced it on its social networks: “The City of Houilles is the victim of a cyberattack which paralyzes the website and the municipal IT and digital services. It is not able to send e-mails or process paperless requests and procedures. The City…