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IG: IRS Employees Sent Unencrypted Emails Containing Personal Data of Thousands of Taxpayers

Posted on November 20, 2016 by Dissent

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…

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Department of National Defence investigating possible hack of its recruiting site

Posted on November 18, 2016 by Dissent

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…

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Jamaica’s National Works Agency forced to redo roadwork survey after data theft

Posted on November 18, 2016 by Dissent

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…

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AU: Kingston Council emails out personal details of more than 900 people

Posted on November 18, 2016 by Dissent

Sam Bidey reports: Kingston Council will appoint an independent investigator after an email slip up that saw the personal details of more than 2000 people released. The council sent out the bulk email on Wednesday to more than 900 maternal and child health care clients asking them to take part in an online survey, but a…

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Corrections director charged with using database to spy on wife’s suspected lover

Posted on November 17, 2016 by Dissent

WYDaily reports: A former James City County on-call police officer and the current director of Colonial Community Corrections is facing invasion of privacy charges after allegedly using a police database to look up information on a man he suspected was having an affair with his wife. Harold Diggs III, 51, director of Colonial Community Corrections…

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AU: Personal details of thousands of residents revealed by Melbourne council in data breach

Posted on November 17, 2016 by Dissent

ABC reports: A local council in Melbourne’s south-east is embroiled in a privacy breach, after the personal details of more than 2,000 residents were accidentally distributed to the public. A survey was emailed to 952 clients of the City of Kingston Maternal and Child Health Service on Wednesday, but there was an excel spreadsheet attached…

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