Annette Kennedy is the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary civilian employee who been charged with three offences under the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, The Telegram has learned. The 49-year-old Paradise woman is scheduled to appear in provincial court in St. John’s June 19. Kennedy is a dispatcher with the RNC, a civilian position….
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Qatar to ‘prosecute perpetrators’ of QNA hacking
Al Jazeera reports: Qatar has begun an inquiry into a security breach by hackers who posted fake remarks on its national news agency’s platforms by its ruler purportedly criticising US foreign policy. The incident comes just days after President Donald Trump met Gulf Arab leaders in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. “The Qatar News Agency (QNA) website has…
OK: Personal information exposed for 3,000 people in Stillwater after unauthorized access obtained to city computer
Katrina Butcher reports: The City of Stillwater announced Wednesday that the information for about 3,000 people has been compromised after an unauthorized party had access to a city computer. Officials say the unauthorized party had access to the computer for 22 days. Records with personal information dating from March 15, 2015, to May 16, 2017, for…
Eighth Czech man may be taken into custody over police data leak
CTK reports: The State Attorney’s office has proposed that the eighth man be taken into custody in the case of leak of information from Czech police databases, state attorney Petr Sereda told journalists today, adding that in all, 18 people have been accused in connection with it. Sereda said the Municipal Court in Brno had…
Hackers may have names of thousands of Florida gun owners
Andrew Ruiz reports: The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is warning customers that hackers may have obtained the names of more than 16,000 people who have Florida concealed weapon permits. The data breach that appears to have originated from overseas affects people who entered information through the department’s online payment system. Read more…
Tax worker fired after biggest privacy breach at Revenue Canada
Dean Beeby reports: The Canada Revenue Agency has fired an employee for the biggest single privacy breach ever detected involving confidential taxpayer accounts. The employee improperly accessed the accounts of 38 taxpayers in detail, and briefly accessed another 1,264 accounts using a search function to find surnames and postal codes. Read more on CBC.