Nick Squires reports: An Italian nuclear engineer and his sister have been arrested by police on charges of conducting a massive cyber-espionage operation that hacked into the emails of two former prime ministers, Vatican cardinals and Mario Draghi, the president of the European Central Bank. Giulio Occhionero, 45, and his sister Francesca Maria Occhionero, 48,…
Category: Government Sector
Taipei employees’ financial data leaked
Sean Lin reports: An information security breach led to financial data concerning at least 2,000 Taipei City Government employees being leaked on Tuesday night, with city officials ascribing the incident to outdated and vulnerable data management software. The information, which was leaked to Yahoo Taiwan’s search engine, included the names, pay grades, salaries and bank…
Minneapolis settles more lawsuits over snooping in driver database
Whether it’s the healthcare sector, government, or any other sector, if you’re not using adequate tools to monitor and audit your employees’ access to personal information records, it will cost you sooner or later. Eric Roper reports: The long list of lawsuits against Minnesota governments for employees improperly snooping into the state driver’s license database…
PH: ‘Comeleak’: Poll chief rapped for data breach, may face criminal prosecution
Vito Barcelo reports: The National Privacy Commission found the Commission on Elections liable for violating the Data Privacy Act of 2012 and recommended the criminal prosecution of Chairman J. Andres D. Bautista for “the worst recorded breach on a government-held personal database in the world” last March. In a decision, dated Dec. 28, on NPC Case…
NH DHHS commissioner apologizes to families receiving breach notifications for deceased relatives
AP reports that New Hampshire’s health commissioner is offering an extra apology as his agency deals with a data breach that led to personal information of up to 15,000 people being posted online. The extra apology follows recent media coverage describing the emotional reaction of a woman who received a letter addressed to her son…
US government subcontractor leaks confidential military personnel data
Charlie Osborne reports: A Pentagon subcontractor has exposed reams of highly sensitive details belonging to active military healthcare professionals online, some of which hold top-secret security clearances. Potomac Healthcare Solutions, a subcontractor brought on board to supply healthcare professionals to the US government and military organizations through its Washington, DC.-based contractor Booz Allen Hamilton, was…