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Ca: Department Failed To Follow Directive Following Privacy Breach: Molloy

Posted on November 9, 2018 by Dissent

Oh …. (insert your preferred three-letter acronym). VOCM reports from St. John’s, NL: The privacy commissioner has found a government department not only committed a privacy breach, but that it failed to follow a subsequent directive from the commissioner. Donovan Molloy says the Department of Transportation and Works relocated a number of paper records to…

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AU: Police officer who leaked woman’s details claims self-incrimination at tribunal

Posted on November 9, 2018 by Dissent

This is one of those N=1 (small) breaches with serious consequences. Kristian Silva reports: A Queensland police officer has refused to answer questions at a tribunal, in fear of incriminating himself, about how a woman’s address was leaked to her allegedly violent ex-husband. The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is taking legal…

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Sugar City recall petition delayed by county malware attack

Posted on November 8, 2018 by Dissent

Lisa Dayley Smith reports: The Old Farm Estates controversy took another turn after the petition organizer to recall the mayor and a councilman complained the city was slow in forwarding the petition to county workers. City officials countered that a malware attack at the county blocked or slowed down email concerning the recall. Read more…

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The theft of an Auckland legal aid lawyer’s laptop compromises 80 cases

Posted on November 7, 2018 by Dissent

Julie Iles reports: A stolen, unprotected work laptop has put at risk the confidential details of more than 80 legal aid clients. The laptop was taken in a September burglary of the home of a recently resigned legal aid lawyer, Ministry of Justice chief operating officer Carl Crafar said. The laptop contained the confidential details…

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No need for Russia to hack the House of Representatives if the House keeps leaving its doors open.

Posted on November 5, 2018April 3, 2025 by Dissent

In early August, “Flash Gordon” (@s7nsins on Twitter) contacted me to say that he discovered a leak involving the House of Representatives. In light of all the talk about Russia trying to hack our elections, I decided that we probably should notify the House right away in case there was any kind of sensitive files…

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Records lacking for ransomware attack on sheriff’s office

Posted on November 4, 2018 by Dissent

Molly Smith reports: Records of a ransomware attack on the Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office are nonexistent, leaving little details available with the exception of an investigator’s testimony during a recent trial. HCSO investigator Marco Antonio Mandujano lost data obtained from an early 2017 dump of a sexual assault victim’s cellphone because the computer on which…

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