Keir Mudie reports: The number of computers and documents lost from secure government sites has almost trebled in the last year. Data breaches leapt from 117 to 463 and missing electronic devices or paper documents rose to 62 from 22 the year before, an official Ministry of Defence report revealed. It pointed out new rules mean more…
Category: Government Sector
UK: Birth certificate blunder and library leak among 170 data breaches reported at Sunderland City Council
Chris Binding reports: Sunderland City Council has seen more than 150 reported data breaches last year, according to new figures. A total of seven data breach cases were also referred to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) – which deals with more serious incidents. Of this number, the council self-referred four cases while others were reported…
Texas Man Facing 350 Years in Prison for Hacking Into L.A. Superior Court, Sending 2 Million Phishing Emails
So this seems a bit…. extreme. See what you think. Nouran Salahieh reports: A Texas man was found guilty Thursday of hacking into the Los Angeles Superior Court computer system and then using it to send about 2 million phishing emails, the U.S. Department of Justice said. A jury found 33-year-old Oriyomi Sadiq Aloba guilty…
The TAD GROUP Owner Is Currently Searched for in the Schengen Area
This Bulgarian hack gets more bizarre by tthe day. Novinite reports: The TAD GROUP owner Ivan Todorov is being searched for in the Schengen area, NOVA TV reported. Ivan Todorov is accused of instigating the of personal data leak from the NRA which affected millions of Bulgarians. He said he could not say for sure…
A data breach forced this family to move home and change their names
Charlie Osborne reports on one of those cases where a data breach results in such a serious risk of harm or trouble that people have to move or significantly change their lives: As reported by the Hackney Gazette, a family in the area adopted a child and the details of who they were and where…
Bulgaria Police Zeroed In Some Data Breach Suspects
Al Restar reports: The Bulgarian police are investigating last week’s attack on the country’s tax systems. The suspect — who’s already in custody — is a member of the same hacking group that carried out the country’s most significant data breach in history. Police said that one senior officer in the cybersecurity firm Tad Group…