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Three former Flint cops sold personal info of crash victims, feds claim

Posted on April 26, 2018 by Dissent

Dominic Adams reports: Three former Flint police officers sold stolen police reports that included the personal information of crash victims, which eventually wound up in the hands of doctors, chiropractors and personal injury lawyers, according to a recently filed federal indictment. More than 600 internal crash reports were stolen from the Flint Police Department and…

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A Texas health commission employee was fired. Then she received the private information of more than 100 clients.

Posted on April 25, 2018 by Dissent

Marissa Evans reports: Tracy Ryans got mail — straight from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, including a box full of state assistance application forms with hundreds of people’s social security card numbers, green card certificates, billing statements, check stubs and photocopies of driver’s licenses. HHSC wasn’t supposed to have sent them. Just weeks…

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CYBERSECURITY: DHS Needs to Enhance Efforts to Improve and Promote the Security of Federal and Private-Sector Networks

Posted on April 24, 2018 by Dissent

CYBERSECURITY: DHS Needs to Enhance Efforts to Improve and Promote the Security of Federal and Private-Sector Networks GAO-18-520T: Published: Apr 24, 2018. Publicly Released: Apr 24, 2018. VIEW REPORT (PDF, 22 PAGES) What GAO Found In recent years, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has acted to improve and promote the cybersecurity of federal and private-sector…

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Atlanta spent at least $2.6 million on ransomware recovery

Posted on April 23, 2018 by Dissent

Zack Whittaker reports: Atlanta spent more than $2.6 million on recovery efforts stemming from a ransomware attack, which crippled a sizable part of the city’s online services. The city was hit by the notorious SamSam ransomware, which exploits a deserialization vulnerability in Java-based servers. The ransom was set at around $55,000 worth of bitcoin, a…

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Prince Edward Island government website hit by ransomware attack

Posted on April 23, 2018 by Dissent

Ryan Ross reports: The P.E.I. government’s website appears to have been the victim of a ransomware attack. Visitors to some pages on the website this morning were met with a screen that said “Oops, your website have been encrypted!” The page warned that files on the website were encrypted and no longer accessible. Read more…

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Edison cop used police database to stalk ex, prosecutor says

Posted on April 23, 2018 by Dissent

NJ 101.5 reports: A cop who was charged with slashing his ex-girlfriend’s tires is now facing more serious charges. Paul Pappas has now been charged with computer theft and stalking after investigators say he made unauthorized inquiries into the New Jersey Criminal Justice Information System in order to stalk his ex-girlfriend. The inquiries by Pappas started in August…

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