Patrick McArdle reports: One of two Nigerians who admitted to being part of a conspiracy to steal personal information from Vermont state employees and other U.S. residents was sentenced Tuesday in Rutland federal court to time served, or 14 months in jail. Osariemen Isibor, 32, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in March to conspiracy…
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WI: Adams County clerk suspected in connection with data breach affecting more than 250,000
Well, I said that the more I learned about it, a breach affecting more than 250,000 Adams County residents sounded like a bad one. Its “badness” was just confirmed, it seems. WKOW reports: Adams County officials are trying to remove the county clerk from office, after she’s suspected of being connected with a data breach. According to our Madison…
6 million Georgia voters’ records exposed: ‘Could have easily been compromised’
Curt Devine and Drew Griffin report: Georgia’s shotgun-toting, Trump-style Republican candidate for governor Brian Kemp has sought to assure voters that his state’s election system is secure and that any allegations to the contrary are “fake news.” But Kemp, who is also the secretary of state in charge of Georgia’s elections, is now being accused…
Davidson County Criminal Court Clerk Confirms Data Breach
NewsChannel5 reports: The Davidson County Criminal Court Clerk confirmed a breach involving personal information. The clerk’s office said Monday that private citizens’ Social Security Numbers were “inappropriately” included on some criminal affidavits attached to public arrest warrants. Read more on NewsChannel5.
WI: Adams County data breach exposed personal information of 258,120 people
From the yeah-this-isn’t-good dept. Caitlin Shuda reports: A data breach exposed the names, addresses, personal information and even photographs of more than 250,000 people with information on Adams County computer systems. Officials in a statement on Friday said they do not have evidence that personal data was stolen, but urged those affected by the breach…
MN: Cyberattackers successfully phish numerous Hennepin County workers’ e-mails
Andy Mannix reports: Cyberattackers have infiltrated e-mail accounts for about 20 Hennepin County employees since late June, and may have accessed the private information of people who rely on the county’s services, county officials revealed Thursday. Using e-mails disguised as pay-raise notifications, a sophisticated phishing scam duped the employees into giving up their login information,…