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Yet another Aadhaar-related leak?

Posted on February 1, 2019 by Dissent

Zack Whittaker reports: A lapse in security has led to the leaking of over a hundred thousand Aadhaar numbers, TechCrunch can reveal. One of the web systems used to record attendance of government workers for the Indian state of Jharkhand was left exposed and without a password as far back as 2014, allowing anyone access…

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Ca: RCMP breached a sexual assault complainant’s personal information

Posted on February 1, 2019 by Dissent

Catharine Tunney reports: Someone went to the RCMP with an allegation of sexual assault — only to see their most closely-guarded private information being leaked. The force is now apologizing after the wrong label was applied to an outgoing package containing three operational files dealing with sexual assaults. Those files included a complainant’s name, date of birth, address,…

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MA: Concord police erroneously expose citizens’ personal info

Posted on January 31, 2019 by Dissent

Aaron Curtis reports: The Concord Police Department is alerting residents to the possible exposure of private citizen’s personal information after the wrong version of the weekly police log was accidentally posted to the town’s website, according to a press release. The log file posted contained the personal information of individuals who reported incidents or were…

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China most active in cyber espionage against U.S.: Coats

Posted on January 29, 2019 by Dissent

Patricia Zengerle and Doina Chiacu report: Russia and China pose the biggest espionage and cyber attack threats to the United States and are more aligned than they have been in decades, the director of national intelligence told U.S. senators in testimony on worldwide threats on Tuesday. While the two countries seek to expand their global…

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‘Worst’ Ransomware Attack Hits Salisbury Police Department in Maryland

Posted on January 24, 2019 by Dissent

NBC Washington reports: A Maryland police department says it experienced its “worst computer network attack” in its history, after the attacker accessed its network through a longtime software vendor. Salisbury police Capt. Rich Kaiser tells The Daily Times of Salisbury that the department’s entire internal computer network was compromised Jan. 9 in a ransomware attack….

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Alaska notifying at least 500,000 residents about data security breach previously disclosed in June

Posted on January 23, 2019 by Dissent

Update:   The state subsequently revised its estimate to 87,000 letters.  How did it get the numbers so wrong — apart from the question of why it has taken so long to send out notifications. This does NOT inspire confidence in the state’s ability to protect ePHI and to notify people promptly in the event…

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