Illinois Public Radio reports: The State Board of Elections says hackers gained access to the information of 80-thousand Illinois voters — including their social security numbers and driver’s licenses. Elections officials say hackers had access to Illinois’ system for nearly three weeks before they were detected. They did get access to personal information, but officials…
Category: Government Sector
Greater Manchester Police fined after victim interview videos go missing
From the Information Commissioner’s Office: Greater Manchester Police has been fined £150,000 after three DVDs containing footage of interviews with victims of violent or sexual crimes got lost in the post. The force sent the unencrypted DVDs to the Serious Crime Analysis Section (SCAS) of the National Crime Agency by recorded delivery but they were…
Authorities just learn of 2013 breach of Fitchburg city records that released Social Security numbers of 1,800 state residents
Elizabeth Dobbins reports: City officials discovered last month the Social Security numbers of 1,800 state residents were released in a breach of city records three and a half years ago, according to a report filed with the Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation. “There was an unauthorized access of information that was held…
MVD database compromised: Vehicle registration details leaked
Thiruvananthapuram: In a major security breach, the official database maintained by the Motor Vehicles Department in Kerala has apparently been compromised. The details on the website, access to which is regulated to official circles, has been published by a by a private company on their website. Read more on Mathrubhumi.com. To help you: 20 crore…
Great news Australia: We’ve had our first metadata breach
Claire Reilly and Luke Lancaster report: Chalk this one up for the security record books under the chapter titled, “We told you so.” Australia has its first (reported) metadata breach. And it came at the hands of an Australian Federal Police officer. The AFP today revealed one of its officers “illegally” accessed the metadata of…
UK: Privacy breach at Gloucestershire County Council exposed medical information online
When hacktivist @ElSurveillance recently tweeted that 14 government sites had the same vulnerabilities, including MYSQL, Cross Site Script, etc., someone responded that councils were generally not considered “government.” DataBreaches.net had – and will continue to – consider them “government” entities, as local government is still government. And in this site’s experience, council breaches can involve sensitive information,…