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Aadhaar e-kyc app had 88,000 downloads: Cyber police

Posted on August 8, 2017 by Dissent

Rajiv Kalkod reports: The cyber crime police investigating the alleged theft of Aadhaar data by IIT grad Abhinav Srivastava, 31, found that the Aadhaar e-kyc app he developed had been downloaded by over 88,000 people from Google PlayStore. During the initial investigation, police said the app had been downloaded 40,000 times between January and July this…

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Former Air Force member sentenced for stealing fellow members’ information

Posted on August 5, 2017 by Dissent

Luke Wilusz reports: A former U.S. Air Force member was sentenced to four years in prison this week for stealing and distributing personal information from other service members. A federal jury found 28-year-old Ronnie Allen II guilty earlier this year of two counts each of of identity theft, aggravated identity theft and access device fraud,…

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AU: Sensitive details of vulnerable children in care released in department bungle

Posted on August 4, 2017 by Dissent

Nino Bucci reports: The personal details of children in care, including whether they were sexually active, was accidentally sent to the mother of one of the children in a troubling information breach. A spreadsheet was emailed to the mother outlining the name, birthdate, location, and specific concerns and alerts relating to all children in the…

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Abhinav Shrivastava, an IIT graduate who is currently working at Ola, has been arrested by the Bengaluru police for illegally accessing the Aadhaar database.

Posted on August 4, 2017 by Dissent

FirstPost reports: Abhinav Shrivastava, an IIT graduate who is currently working at Ola, has been arrested by the Bengaluru police for illegally accessing the Aadhaar database. A complaint filed by the UIDAI on 26 July alleges that Shrivastava accessed the database “without authorisation between 1 January and 26 July”, reports The Indian Express. Shrivastava and a…

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INFORMATION SECURITY: OPM Has Improved Controls, but Further Efforts Are Needed

Posted on August 3, 2017 by Dissent

INFORMATION SECURITY: OPM Has Improved Controls, but Further Efforts Are Needed GAO-17-614: Published: Aug 3, 2017. Publicly Released: Aug 3, 2017. What GAO Found Since the 2015 data breaches, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has taken actions to prevent, mitigate, and respond to data breaches involving sensitive personal and background investigation information, but actions are…

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Personal Info of 650,000 Voters Discovered on Poll Machine Sold on Ebay

Posted on August 1, 2017 by Dissent

Kevin Collier reports: When 650 thousand Tennesseans voted in the Memphis area, they probably didn’t expect their personal information would eventually be picked apart at a hacker conference at Caesars Palace Las Vegas. […] But hackers given access to an ExpressPoll-5000 electronic poll book—the kind of device used to check in voters on Election Day—have…

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