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Former West Fargo Police Chief’s Personal Information Leaked with Personnel Records

Posted on March 31, 2017 by Dissent

TJ Nelson reports: West Fargo is providing its former police chief with credit monitoring. A city spokesperson says Michael Reitan alerted them that some of his personal information was released in documents given to media organizations. The spokesperson says city staff mistakenly missed the information for redaction when preparing the files.   Read more on…

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Mecklenburg County, NC: 1,200 patients impacted by gaffe in responding to public records request

Posted on March 29, 2017 by Dissent

Joe Bruno and Blake Hanson report: County officials mistakenly gave information to two media outlets Monday in response to public records requests about the Health Department’s failure to notify women of abnormal Pap smear results. Channel 9 immediately notified county officials upon discovering the information on a compact disc. Officials said the information did not…

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Laptops containing 3.7 million Hong Kong voters’ data stolen after chief executive election

Posted on March 27, 2017 by Dissent

Ng Kang-chung reports: In what could be one of Hong Kong’s most significant data breaches ever, the personal information of the city’s 3.7 million voters was possibly compromised after the Registration and Electoral Office reported two laptop computers went missing at its backup venue for the chief executive election. The devices also stored the names of…

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FL: PBSO deputy pleads guilty to federal ID theft

Posted on March 24, 2017 by Dissent

Fox29 reports: After some hesitation and much confusion, Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Deputy Frantz Felisma plead guilty to identity theft and device fraud in federal court Thursday. Federal investigators say Felisma used his department issued laptop, and his access to a law enforcement database, to steal personal information from at least 15 people. Felisma then…

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Email Security Breach Involving County Employees’ Bank Accounts In Sebastian County

Posted on March 22, 2017 by Dissent

Jordan Tidwell reports: There was an email security breach between county employees’ in Sebastian County on March 15, Sebastian County comptroller Melissa Sinclair said. Sinclair said a payroll administrator sent out an email to a group of county employees containing links to approximately 200 employees’ banking account numbers and routing numbers. The links required a…

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UK: Council blunder exposes personal data on web

Posted on March 22, 2017 by Dissent

Residents in Fylde have had their private details leaked on the internet in a massive security breach by Fylde Council. The council today confirmed that the email addresses of people who took part in a recent consultation had been posted on its website at the weekend. However, victims say details also included mobile phone numbers,…

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