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Demands for full investigation into ‘shocking’ data breach

Posted on July 21, 2018 by Dissent

Allison Morris reports: There have been calls for a “rigorous investigation” into a major PSNI data breach that has resulted in hundreds of pages of private citizens’ details being placed into the hands of loyalists. The Irish News revealed yesterday that the digital files, including internet passwords, were unintentionally given to loyalists under investigation by…

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Hackers stole data of PM Lee and 1.5 million patients in ‘major cyberattack’ on SingHealth

Posted on July 20, 2018 by Dissent

Today reports: In the biggest and most serious cyberattack yet on Singapore, hackers last month broke into SingHealth‘s IT systems to steal the data of 1.5 million patients and records of the outpatient medication given to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, the authorities said on Friday (July 20). Read more on Today. Here is the…

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NYS Comptroller audit of Town of Ontario, New York

Posted on July 18, 2018 by Dissent

Another disheartening audit involving local government.  From the NYS Comptroller’s Office: Town of Ontario – Information Technology, Financial Management and Procurement (2017M-137) Purpose of Audit The purpose of our audit was to evaluate the Town’s IT controls, financial condition and purchasing practices for the period January 1, 2015 through March 2, 2017. Background The Town…

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UK: Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse fined £200,000 for revealing identities of possible abuse victims in mass email

Posted on July 18, 2018 by Dissent

From the Information Commissioner’s Office, this press release: The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) has been fined £200,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office(ICO) after sending a bulk email that identified possible victims of non-recent child sexual abuse. The Inquiry, set up in 2014 to investigate the extent to which institutions failed to protect…

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Pennsylvania birth certificate system hacked; no records stolen

Posted on July 16, 2018 by Dissent

Steve Esack reports: The Pennsylvania Department of Health’s birth certificate system was shut down for nearly a week last month after someone hacked into an internal website but did not take or alter citizens records, a government spokesman said Friday. An investigation is continuing into the hack, said Dan Egan, spokesman for the Office of…

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MT: Bozeman says security breach stole some utility customers’ credit cards

Posted on July 16, 2018 by Dissent

More impact of the Click2Gov breach reported previously on this site. ABC Fox reports: The city says some customers that used its Click2Gov utility payment system in 2017 may have had their credit information stolen. A press release from the city says customers who used Click2Gov to make utility payments between July 1, 2017 and…

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