Jessica Mazzola reports: An East Brunswick man was arrested Friday on charges he stole about 20,000 confidential files from his employer to open a consulting business after his retirement, federal authorities said. Anchi Hou, 61, a retired employee of DuPont, was charged was theft of trade secrets after allegedly copying and stealing the files from…
Category: Government Sector
Top Mexican cop leaked sensitive info to drug cartels, prosecutors charge
Jason Meisner reports: As a top Mexican police commander, Ivan Reyes Arzate was trusted for years with the most sensitive information surrounding U.S. investigations of dangerous cartel drug traffickers, from notorious Sinaloa cartel boss Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman to the violent offshoot faction known as Beltran-Leyva. But last fall, after secret details about a Chicago-based…
Breach of Financial-Aid Tool May Have Compromised Data on 100,000 Taxpayers
Adam Harris reports: Nearly 100,000 taxpayers may have had their personal information compromised by a security breach of an Internal Revenue Service tool that makes it easier to fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, the Fafsa, according to the IRS commissioner, John Koskinen, who testified on Thursdaybefore the Senate Finance Committee. The tool,…
Nearly Every Corner of W.Va. Courthouse Affected by ID Theft
Tina Alvey reports: Identity theft is a crime that just keeps on taking. Employees at the Monroe County Courthouse are among the latest victims of an apparent information highjacking, but at this point no one is even certain if the stolen data came from electronic or paper records. All that county officials are sure of…
Auditor: City employee improperly used personal information database
Lynnsey Gardner reports: A Duval County clerk of courts employee is under fire after a City Council auditor’s report showed the employee improperly accessed personal information from a statewide database. The Driver and Vehicle Information Database contains a wealth of confidential personal information for Florida drivers — such as driver’s license number, home address, license…
Raleigh DMV office throws personal information in trash
Ed Crump reports: The North Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles is warning customers who visited one office in Raleigh of a possible personal information breach after records were thrown in the trash instead of being shredded as they’re supposed to be. It happened at the office on Spring Forest Road. Officials said the records of…