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‘Embarrassing’ leak shows EU falls short of own GDPR data law

Posted on May 31, 2018 by Dissent

Margi Murphy Ben Riley-Smith report: The European Commission has claimed it is not subject to the strict new data protection law that it has imposed across Europe, following an “embarrassing” leak of personal data on its website. Officials in Brussels admitted the bureaucracy that designed the rules is not itself compliant with the General Data Protection…

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Oxnard city officials investigate data breach

Posted on May 31, 2018 by Dissent

Jeremy Childs reports: Oxnard city officials learned of a data breach last week that may have affected the personal data of utility customers in the city. On Friday, the city was contacted by a bank representative about fraudulent purchases being made with the cards people used to pay their utility bills using the city’s Click2Gov (Superion) online payment…

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Ca: Town of Wasaga Beach recovering from ransomware attack, negotiating with hackers

Posted on May 26, 2018 by Dissent

Ken Hashizume  reports: The Town of Wasaga Beach is slowly but surely recovering from a recent cyber attack. Staff discovered ransomware was installed on the Town’s computer system in April affecting the website and municipal services. The Town was working with OPP in negotiating with the hackers. They say they have since been able to…

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Afghan diplomats in Pakistan targeted by ‘state-backed hackers’

Posted on May 26, 2018 by Dissent

Secunder Kermani reports: Afghan diplomats in Pakistan have been warned they are believed to be victims of “government-backed” digital attacks trying to steal their email passwords. Afghan embassy sources told the BBC two staff members and a generic account received alerts from Google this month. Last week Amnesty International detailed attempts to install malware on…

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NY: Monroe County Clerk tossing personal, sensitive DMV customer information in the trash

Posted on May 25, 2018 by Dissent

WHEC has the story, brought to them by a consumer who observed employees just tossing records with personal information: Mottshaw says he refuses to give his social security number out because his identity has been stolen before. When he was at the DMV in Henrietta he says he saw employees throw documents in the garbage….

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EPIC to DC Circuit: Informational Privacy is a Constitutional Right

Posted on May 18, 2018 by Dissent

From EPIC: EPIC has filed a “friend of the court” brief, joined by forty-four technical experts and legal scholars (members of the EPIC Advisory Board), in the OPM Data Breachcase. The case concerns the data breach at the US Office of Personnel and Management in 2015 that affected 22 million federal employees, their friends, and…

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