So at 5 pm on Thanksgiving eve, the Navy discloses a data breach? Story Number: NNS161123-13Release Date: 11/23/2016 5:01:00 PM By Chief of Naval Personnel Public Affairs WASHINGTON (NNS) — Oct. 27, 2016, the Navy was notified by Hewlett Packard Enterprise Services (HPES) that one of the company’s laptops operated by their employee supporting a…
Category: Government Sector
Trial begins of intelligence services data theft
SwissInfo.ch reports: An IT specialist has appeared before the Federal Criminal Court for trying to sell data he allegedly stole from the Federal Intelligence Service (FIS), thereby endangering Swiss security domestically and abroad as well as FIS employees, their partners and sources. He has been accused of attempted violation of official secrecy and political intelligence….
CPNRD computers system hacked by Russians
Lori Potter reports: The Central Platte Natural Resources District’s computer system was hacked by Russians about three weeks ago at a time when the big concern was a possible digital intrusion in the presidential election. At Thursday’s CPNRD board meeting in Grand Island, General Manager Lyndon Vogt said it’s not believed the hackers got into…
IG: IRS Employees Sent Unencrypted Emails Containing Personal Data of Thousands of Taxpayers
Ian Smith reports: A recent report from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) found that IRS employees sent unencrypted emails which contained 8,031 different taxpayers’ personally identifiable information. According to the report, TIGTA found 326 unencrypted emails containing taxpayer data. 275 of the emails were sent internally within IRS, while 51 emails were…
Department of National Defence investigating possible hack of its recruiting site
Lee Berthiaume reports: The federal government was unable to say Thursday whether any personal information of potential military recruits was stolen during what appears to have been a hack of a National Defence website. Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale said federal officials were investigating after people trying to access the military’s recruiting website were instead directed to…
Jamaica’s National Works Agency forced to redo roadwork survey after data theft
Another reminder about the risks of data being stolen from an employee’s car at their home. Loop News reports: The National Works Agency (NWA) has been forced to redo a survey relating to the Montego Bay bypass road project in St James, following the theft of the data recently. The agency had collected the data…