Anna Maria Romero reports: Singapore — In an affidavit filed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the United States, Mikhy Farrera-Brochez admitted that he had the database of the HIV registry in his possession, had brought it into the US, and threatened the Government of Singapore that he would release the data for…
Category: Government Sector
N.W.T. employee dug through planters, trash to find stolen laptop, weeks after privacy training (Part 2)
Priscilla Hwang reports: This is part 2 of three stories on the stolen laptop files. Here’s part 1. Part 3 is scheduled for next week. The N.W.T. government employee who was responsible for a laptop with health information for nearly the entire territory’s population had received training on how to securely handle portable devices just two weeks before…
Major bug in IRCTC can allow hackers cancel train tickets booked by passengers: Top facts
IBT reports: For last the few years, Indian Railways Catering & Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has made headlines for wrong reasons particularly related customer data leaks on its websites and how slow it takes time to fix it. And yet, the state-run firm seems to have learnt any lessons, as a new report has emerged that…
Pompano Beach warned nearly 4,000 residents of data breach involving Click2Gov
Wayne K. Roustan reports: A data breach at a company that handles the billing for municipal water service has Pompano Beach city officials working to minimize the potential damage. Hackers gained unauthorized access to credit or debit card data stored with software company CentralSquare and used for one-time online water bill payments made through the…
Delhi Citizens Data Leak
Bob Diachenko writes: On Feb 19, 2019, I have discovered a MongoDB that required no password. The database was located in an India region which (along with other data) also contained highly sensitive information collected on 458,388 individuals located in Delhi. A 4.1GB-sized database had been indexed by Shodan and was left unattended for public…
IRS employee charged with unlawful disclosure of SARs: Analyst Provided Information to a Los Angeles Attorney and a New York Reporter
SAN FRANCISCO – A federal criminal complaint, filed on February 4, 2019, was unsealed in San Francisco today, charging John C. Fry with unlawful disclosure of Suspicious Activity Reports, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and United States Department of the Treasury, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA), Special Agent in Charge Rod…