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,…
Category: Government Sector
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…
Privacy, what? Bengaluru police leaks 46,000 phone numbers on Twitter
IndiaToday reports: …… Bengaluru police goofed up too when it came to handling privacy concerns of Bengaluru citizens. The police department posted phone numbers of thousands of citizens on their Twitter handle (@BCPCR) who called 100 and complained against harassment, quarrels, and gambling etc. The police posted over 46,000 tweets online since April 2015 sharing…
North Carolina data breaches expose internal documents, personal records
Colin Wood reports: North Carolina state government experienced two data breaches, according to reports released Tuesday. Security research firm MacKeeper reported a statewide data breach that occurred last month exposing internal documents spread across the offices, divisions and departments of Administration, Health and Human Services, Medical Assistance, Cultural Resources, Public Safety, State Controller, State Budget…