Steve Bousquet and Lawrence Mower report: State law enforcement authorities said Friday they are investigating the possible criminal misuse of confidential driver license data in a case involving a high-ranking state official. “FDLE is investigating possible improper use of personal identifying information. Our case is active,” spokeswoman Gretl Plessinger said. “Tallahassee Regional Operations Center is…
Category: Government Sector
CA: Long Beach Veterans Affairs Clerk Arrested On Suspicion Of Identity Theft
The identities and personal information of more than 1,000 Veterans Affairs patients were discovered during a traffic stop at the VA campus in Long Beach and a VA clerk was arrested on suspicion of identity theft, authorities said today. […] A second search of the vehicle yielded private information for 1,028 VA patients, including names,…
Wellington, Fla., Breach Larger than Initially Thought
Not surprisingly, perhaps, there’s an update to a breach report involving Wellington, Florida. The original report was one week ago (cf, this post). Now Kristina Webb reports: Wellington, Fla., Chief information officer William Silliman also said the breach began as an effort to mine for the digital currency Bitcoin, but at some point expanded to…
Canada Revenue Agency logs 2,338 privacy breaches in just under 2 years
Monique Scotti reports: The personal, confidential information of over 80,000 individual Canadians held by the Canada Revenue Agency may have been accessed without authorization over the last 21 months, according to government documents made public last week. But while the number of potential privacy breaches may be eye-popping, the CRA is downplaying the seriousness of…
UK: Gloucestershire Police fined for revealing identities of abuse victims in bcc email gaffe
The Information Commissioner’s Office has really been busy handing out fines. Have you seen any monetary penalties imposed by regulators on police departments here in the U.S.? No, you haven’t, right? Gloucestershire Police has been fined £80,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) after sending a bulk email that identified victims of non-recent child abuse….
Phishing theft of $93G at clean energy agency went unreported for months
Brian Dowling reports: A cyber scammer stole nearly $94,000 in public funds from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center last year, with news of the theft-by-email taking 8 months to reach the quasi-public agency’s board of directors, according to a state audit. A review by State Auditor Suzanne M. Bump found the clean energy agency “unwittingly…