Maria Nikolova reports: More than a month has passed since Japanese provider of payment processing services GMO Payment Gateway Inc confirmed that personal data leakage that had affected the websites of two of its clients – the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and the Japan Housing Finance Agency. […] At the end of last week, GMO Payment Gateway…
Category: Government Sector
Breaking: Voters’ personal data at risk in Cobb theft
Aaron Gould Sheinin reports on yet another breach involving Georgia voters’ information: State officials are investigating the theft last week of equipment from a Cobb County precinct manager’s car that could make every Georgia voters’ personal information vulnerable to theft. The equipment, used to check-in voters at the polls, was stolen Saturday evening, Secretary of…
Customs Officer Admits Sharing ‘Sensitive’ Info
Tim Ryan reports: A former Customs and Border Protection officer has pleaded guilty to lying to law enforcement about sending “highly sensitive information” from government databases to people living overseas, federal prosecutors said. Jesus Muchacho, 39, of Temple Hills, Maryland, faces up to five years in prison for lying to investigators about sending information from…
AU privacy commissioner calls for investigation after Service NSW photo card privacy breach
Georgina Mitchell reports: The NSW privacy commissioner has called for a thorough investigation after thousands of photo ID cards, including gun licences, were mistakenly sent to the wrong people in a “significant” security breach. A total of 2693 cards were sent to the wrong people earlier this month. Among the documents mailed out were 2000 driver’s licences,…
RI: Third Personal Data Breach Hits UHIP Customers
Is it time to just call time of death on UHIP or reconsider the contract with the tech vendor? Or is this just to be expected in any rollout like this? Kristin Gourlay reports: State officials say they’ve encountered another personal data breach in the new online system for state benefits like Medicaid – a…
Student privacy breached in Victoria Education Department blunder
Another breach involving sensitive information. Sophie Smith reports: The Victorian Education Department has said it is “deeply sorry” for mistakenly publishing private and sensitive information about homeschooled children on its website. Confidential information contained in submissions made to the department was published when the documents were uploaded without redactions on Friday. Details that identified students who…