Luke Rosiak reports: Three brothers who managed office information technology for members of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and other lawmakers were abruptly relieved of their duties on suspicion that they accessed congressional computers without permission. Brothers Abid, Imran, and Jamal Awan were barred from computer networks at the House of Representatives Thursday, The Daily Caller…
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Ex-employee of Alaska Department of Public Safety employee stole personal information during robbery – AST
KTVA reports: More than 1,000 people were identified as potentially having personal information “compromised” after an employee with the Division of Statewide Services removed several documents from the office, according to Alaska State Troopers. Troopers said the Alaska Bureau of Investigation’s Financial Crimes Unit began investigating thefts at the Department of Public Safety (DPS) building, in…
Vulnerability put 1.87 million Michigan employees at risk
Catherine Shaffer reports: As many as 1.87 million Michigan workers may have had their personal information exposed through a newly discovered security vulnerability in the computer system used by the Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency. The information release affects workers whose paychecks are processed by a third-party payroll vendor. A software update installed in October 2016…
UK: Hundreds of confidential email addresses were shared with landlords operating in Cardiff
Seriously? Still? Cardiff council says it will investigate after hundreds of confidential email addresses were published. Landlords who are on the mailing list for Rent Smart Wales received an email on Thursday from a Cardiff council email address. In that email, the email addresses of all recipients were visible. Read more on WalesOnline.
UK parliamentary watchdog bemoans inconsistent personal data breach reporting within government
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) said (69-page / 542KB PDF) there are “major and unexplained variations in the extent to which individual departments report security breaches” at the moment, and urged the government to work with the UK’s data protection authority to develop new guidelines on the issue. “The Cabinet Office should consult with the Information…
Norway’s Labour Party was hacked by Russia: report
The Labour Party’s parliamentary group suffered a hack in autumn that was carried out by Russians, TV2 reported. The attack against Labour is being compared to the hack of the Democratic National Committee that American intelligence agencies said was carried out by Russia in an effort to influence the outcome of the US election. According…