Johanna Weidner reports: Personal information for thousands of children was mailed to strangers in an OHIP privacy breach. The province confirmed Thursday that all the incorrectly printed health card renewal notices it mailed belonged to children who have a birth date in early July. A printing mistake on the double-sided form resulted in a mismatch…
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NL: Cop claims entrapment in police data leak arrest
Janene Pieters reports: The trial against former police officer Mark M., suspected of selling police information to criminals, was delayed until at least December so that other witnesses can be questioned. In court on Tuesday M. said that he searched the police database as a “hobby”, though refused to explain how the data he searched…
CO: Thousands potentially exposed to identity theft after county published sensitive information online
Ryan Luby reports: The Larimer County Clerk and Recorder’s office made sweeping changes to how it conducts business amid a Denver7 investigation, which revealed how officials had published sensitive information belonging to thousands of people online for months. Among the records were child support liens, death certificates, and commercial lending filings. Many of them contained a variation…
Ontario government scrambling after printing mistake causes data breach affecting thousands
Vito Pilieci reports: The provincial government is scrambling to notify thousands of Ontarians that they have been victims of a data breach that has exposed the health card numbers, birth dates and homes addresses of at least 5,600 people. Anne-Marie Flanagan, a spokeswoman for the Ministry of Government and Consumer Services, admitted the breach after the…
Illinois Elections Board Offers More Information on Hacking Incident
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…
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…