Chloe Winter reports: Personal details of tech experts who applied for free trips to Wellington for job interviews could have been seen by others. Wellington Regional Economic Development Agency (Wreda) says a privacy breach forced it to shut down the LookSee website on Thursday. Aimed to help boost the ranks of mid and senior level IT experts in Wellington,…
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Inmates’ personal info mistakenly released to ID thief
Lou Whitmire reports: The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections mistakenly released the Social Security numbers of more than 2,000 inmates at the Chillicothe Correctional Institution to a convicted identity thief from Mansfield as part of a public records request. Read more on Mansfield News Journal.
RI: DHS glitch results in 1095-B tax forms being sent to wrong parties
Katie Davis reports: A new glitch in the computer system at Rhode Island’s Department of Human Services resulted in more than 1,000 people receiving tax forms with the wrong information, putting their personal information at risk, state officials said Monday. The system, known as UHIP, has been plagued by problems since its launch in September…
SLO County Clerk-Recorder’s Office accidentally releases Social Security numbers
Matt Fountain reports: Twelve people, including 10 San Luis Obispo County residents, were notified this week that their Social Security numbers were “inadvertently” released to two private title companies because of a technical error, the county Clerk-Recorder’s Office said Thursday. The 12 people have been notified of the breach and urged to monitor their credit reports, Assistant Clerk-Recorder…
Former Social Security worker indicted on identity theft charges
Andrew Keshner reports: An ex-Social Security Administration worker was indicted by a Brooklyn federal grand jury for swiping social security numbers and birthdates, authorities said Friday. Sharon Coffee-Dean, of Queens, is charged with stealing the information of 41 people and selling them to individuals who filed fraudulent tax returns. Read more on the New York Daily…
SG: Personal data of national servicemen and Mindef staff stolen in breach
AsiaOne reports: The Ministry of Defence (Mindef) said on Tuesday (Feb 28) that the personal information of some National Servicemen (NSFs) and ministry employees were stolen after a “targeted and carefully planned” attack on one of its computer systems. […] Mindef said that it detected a breach in its I-net system, which provides Internet access…